streak
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Gold futures settled lower, snapping a three-session winning streak amid “several conflicting fundamental factors are shaping the market between support and pressure,” XS.com said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
Makenna Cook threw for 312 yards and six touchdowns against Palos Verdes amid the Trailblazers’ four-game streak.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026
Alaska is uniquely reliant on the federal government and has a large independent streak.
From Slate ● Sep. 21, 2026
But Harbaugh—who loves to parrot the phrase “Who’s got it better than us? Nobody!”—is known for his optimistic streak.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
But his boss had told him the strange story about the landing of German agents on Long Island and how the Coast Guard had run into a man with a streak of gray hair.
From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple
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
The darker streaks contain surface dust and rocks that have been altered over long periods by solar wind, galactic cosmic rays, and impacts from micrometeorites.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026
The tiny particles - roughly the size of a grain of sand - vaporise, creating visible streaks of light.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
She told me she had put those blue streaks in her hair and now everybody at school was copying her.
From "Wish" by Barbara O'Connor
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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
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
The top shatters just slightly under a knife, giving way to a plush, chocolate-saturated center streaked with melted pockets.
From Salon ● Apr. 28, 2026
Tears streaked her cheeks, her face red and blotchy.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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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
Above us, in the black dome of night, seven stars fall, streaking gloriously across the sky before guttering out.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
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