streak
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Tech stocks are looking to break a three-session losing streak as investors turn their attention from earnings to the U.S. midterm elections.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 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
The S&P 500 returned 11.8% for the first 10 months of 2026 toward its fourth straight year of gains, which would be the longest such streak since the five-year stretch ending in 2007.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026
And it will enter the playoffs as the hottest team in the NWSL, riding a league-best 10-game unbeaten streak.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026
I jump in my seat when, out of nowhere, a streak of gold flashes across the trail in front of us.
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
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On Monday, firefighters were working to wash streaks of pink fire retardant off the streets and finish building containment lines around the charred hills between San Clemente and San Juan Capistrano.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
And amid the doomsaying, streaks of contrarian optimism are starting to emerge.
From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026
As tiny particles from the comet enter the Earth's atmosphere at high speed, they heat up and produce streaks of light across the night sky that we see as meteors.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
By the end, I was dragging pieces of focaccia through the last orange streaks left in the pan.
From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2026
“Everybody in Raleigh’s got blue streaks in their hair.”
From "Wish" by Barbara O'Connor
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A photo Neha shared on Instagram showed their face streaked with ink stains.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
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
Some supporters hurried to work still wearing Spain jerseys, while others had red and yellow face paint streaked across their cheeks.
From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026
Dismay streaked up Purgatory Hill, his ears flat back against his head, the whites of his eyes wild and terrified.
From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles
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
Some of that algae has floated to the top and is streaking the surface.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 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
But a second later, he was up again, streaking through the tall corn, dragging a broken wing.
From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson
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