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streak

[streek] / strik /




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Last season, starting in Week 4, Stafford put together a personal-best streak of eight games without an interception.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026

Victory halted a three-match losing streak for the All Blacks after the 3-1 series defeat by world champions South Africa this summer.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

The U.S. had a more than 15-year streak without a major fatal passenger airline crash before a midair collision last year in Washington, D.C.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

“And the reason why I’m going on it is to maintain a streak with them.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026

Each cannon could blast a twenty-four-pound ball that would streak through the air faster than a person could blink.

From I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 by Lauren Tarshis

And amid the doomsaying, streaks of contrarian optimism are starting to emerge.

From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026

As tiny particles from the comet enter the Earth's atmosphere at high speed, they heat up and produce streaks of light across the night sky that we see as meteors.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

By the end, I was dragging pieces of focaccia through the last orange streaks left in the pan.

From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2026

Romina, the more rebellious of the two, had bleached streaks in her long, dark hair, which she would often leave uncovered.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

I stood on Nic’s balcony and watched streaks of lightning race across the sky, claps of thunder chasing them.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

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

With her iconic aviator sunglasses and long, blonde streaked hair - which she considered rebellious in the 1970s - Steinem was an internationally recognised activist in the fight for women's equality.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 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

Trump stood to attention as the "Star Spangled Banner" played and even attempted a greeting in Turkish -- before Turkish fighter jets streaked overhead trailing red, white and blue smoke.

From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026

She had gray streaked in her black hair and lines around her mouth and eyes.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

As the first half wrapped, a streaking Balogun added a second goal to make it 3-0.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 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

Palestinians in east Jerusalem regularly film rockets streaking through the sky from their rooftops.

From Barron's ● Mar. 8, 2026

In a little over 50 minutes on the pitch, Earl was England's second-highest metre-maker, racking up 77m and streaking in from distance for the game's opening try.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2025

The Hogwarts Express was streaking along below them like a scarlet snake.

From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling




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