streak
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Extending its buying streak to two full years, China’s central bank boosted its gold holdings in October to 78.3 million troy ounces, up from 77.47 million the previous month, data released Saturday showed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2026
Countering Kansas City’s home-field advantage is Angel City’s 10-game unbeaten streak, longest in the league, and its 8-3-4 road record, fourth-best in NWSL.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026
It avoids swinging for the fences, preferring to deliver a more consistent streak of base hits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
Texas State Representative James Talarico, a former schoolteacher and Presbyterian seminary student, is the latest Democrat hoping to break his party's long losing streak.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
A streak of slime smeared across his lip as he swiped and pinched and dug just enough for it to count as a dig, but not enough for it to count as diggin'.
From "Look Both Ways" by Jason Reynolds
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Lake said a victory should not be underestimated with Wales having suffered recent losing streaks, which included a record 18 consecutive Test defeats in a row.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026
And amid the doomsaying, streaks of contrarian optimism are starting to emerge.
From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026
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
A shadow with white streaks races out of the woods.
From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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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
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
Ward sat seventh after the floor exercise, but streaked into the lead after a splendid performance on the pommel - routinely his strongest event.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
A group of more than 100 people near the stage refused to leave, chanting "USA! USA! USA!" while a pair of B2 bombers that were part of an hours-long military flyover show streaked overhead.
From Barron's ● Jul. 4, 2026
She brushed past the others and streaked across the flooded parking lot, churning up a wake like a fleeing speedboat.
From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein
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He defended magnificently when Tonga managed to burst the Kiwis' imposing defence, notably putting himself in the way of a streaking Demetric Vaimauga when the forward was thundering on.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026
November 2026 is packed with celestial events worth watching, from brilliant meteors streaking across the sky to a striking encounter between Mars and Jupiter.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 6, 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
Palestinians in east Jerusalem regularly film rockets streaking through the sky from their rooftops.
From Barron's ● Mar. 8, 2026
With her occupied, I ran across the room, streaking tears, wanting to get to the bathroom, to sit down on the toilet with the light off and splash hot water on my face.
From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini
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