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streak

[streek] / strik /




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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

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

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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