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streak

[streek] / strik /




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The Phillies entered play Monday on a nine-game winning streak, in position for one of the National League wild cards.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 25, 2026

Silver futures, also on a three-week winning streak, rose even more.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

But the Reds/Generals would go on to lose their next 17,000 games, an unbroken streak of ignominy that continues to this day.

From Salon Aug. 19, 2026

The memory storage company’s shares are on a five-day winning streak and on track to make that six.

From Barron's Aug. 17, 2026

The strangest thing had to be the streak of startling blue playing through the girl’s dirty blond hair.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley

Closer to the crater rim, brighter streaks reveal fresher material that was excavated from greater depths underground.

From Science Daily Aug. 20, 2026

The images they captured from different viewing angles brought out different features, including brighter and darker streaks fanning out around the crater.

From Barron's Aug. 18, 2026

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

From BBC Aug. 11, 2026

Two irritating streaks of American futility were over—but the U.S. adventure at its home World Cup wasn’t ending yet.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 2, 2026

The moonlight made streaks of rainbow across Starlight Cottage, and Seven realized suddenly how late it was.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega

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

In many ways, the scene was set in the build-up to the game as lightning streaked across the sky on a rainy evening in Mexico, with the weather delaying kick-off by an hour.

From BBC Jul. 1, 2026

While these are in many respects traditional songs, this is music that hits you on a subliminal level, where a series of major traumas and minor victories fuse into a bleak worldview streaked with hope.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 30, 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

All the trolls had wrinkles, but this one’s skin had wrinkles inside of wrinkles and his tangled hair was streaked with white.

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

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

The horse was running in a blind terror, streaking down the shed rows.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand




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