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[streek] / strik /




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The Russell 2000 index fell for a fifth-straight week, marking its longest weekly losing streak since May 2022.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Since the Russell 2000’s weekly losing streak began, healthcare and consumer discretionary stocks have been among the hardest hit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

In the month of July, Tucker never had a four-game hitting streak.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

“I use it for chess, and I’ve got an 807-day streak with them,” he said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026

He said that he could be recognized by his distinct streak of gray hair.

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple

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

As that debris enters our planet's atmosphere, it burns up and creates spectacular streaks of light - meteors.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

Most of the fruit was still green, but there were a couple with light streaks of yellow.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

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

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

His face was streaked with dirt; there were pieces of gravel buried in his hair.

From "Eleven" by Tom Rogers

And he delivered sensationally, streaking away from the field in the backstroke and breaststroke legs before closing it out in the freestyle.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 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

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

Whistling fireworks shriek across the sky, long tails of light streaking behind them like shooting stars.

From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day




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