streak
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After scoring 33 unanswered points in a spell at Wigan, Wakefield simply brought that momentum with them to Old Trafford as they absolutely bossed the first half, stretching that streak to 52 points.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
"She's an incredible fighter, an eight-fight win streak in UFC, beaten three former champions, she has amazing footwork, distance control and kicks," adds Cong.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
The policy-sensitive two-year snapped a three-day losing streak, rising 0.037 percentage point to 4.823%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
That would be tied for the longest losing streak for the median S&P 500 stock since May 2022.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
The sun was setting, and it was as if someone had taken a brush with pink paint and made a streak across the sky, which was pale blue but getting darker by the minute.
From "From the Desk of Zoe Washington" by Janae Marks
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By the end, I was dragging pieces of focaccia through the last orange streaks left in the pan.
From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2026
At age 82, Steinem looked as she had always looked, only older: tinted aviator glasses, leather jacket, long hair parted down the middle with two lightened streaks at the front.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
Closer to the crater rim, brighter streaks reveal fresher material that was excavated from greater depths underground.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026
When the particles enter Earth's atmosphere at high speed, they heat the surrounding air and create brief streaks of light.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
We paused a moment to marvel at how the rising rim of gold sun silently announced itself by illuminating the sky with brilliant, broad streaks of pink, purple, and orange.
From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings
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Every visitor must exit through the Blood Room, a gruesomely immersive space whose walls are streaked, smeared, splattered and practically dripping with the red stuff.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
Sweaty, exhausted and streaked in grass stains, the families gathered in the common room for the deciding match.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
A meteor streaked across the New York City area in broad daylight on July 16, 2024, producing a sonic boom as it passed just south of the Statue of Liberty.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026
In many ways, the scene was set in the build-up to the game as lightning streaked across the sky on a rainy evening in Mexico, with the weather delaying kick-off by an hour.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
The blade was still streaked yellow with mustard, or perhaps it was the gold threads of the bellpull cord, or both.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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José Ramírez drove in five runs with three doubles and the streaking Guardians overcame a five-run deficit to beat the Angels.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
Every night around the world, thousands of automated sky cameras watch for flashes of light streaking across the atmosphere.
From Science Daily ● May 14, 2026
One 2022 clip, taken in an undisclosed location in the Middle East, captures an oval-shaped object streaking left to right, which an accompanying report flagged as a "possible missile".
From BBC ● May 8, 2026
ET on Wednesday, leaving plumes streaking across the sky as its boosters and engines fired away.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026
I stared out the window into the dark, at the illuminated trail of streetlights streaking through the air, and laughed while everyone else on the bus stayed quiet.
From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez
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