streak
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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
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
His challenged now is maintaining that victorious streak while keeping fans - whose interest helps fund his prize money - happy.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
Alaska is uniquely reliant on the federal government and has a large independent streak.
From Slate ● Sep. 21, 2026
A streak of lightning sizzled through the dark sky.
From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville
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
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
When the particles enter Earth's atmosphere at high speed, they heat the surrounding air and create brief streaks of light.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
Abel fled up the tree in sudden streaks, going this way, that, under and over branches, around the trunk.
From "Abel's Island" by William Steig
Will Jordan, his nation's all-time leading try-scorer, streaked off his wing on a superb line to dunk down over the line at the end of 32 draining phases.
From BBC ● Sep. 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
On a deserted road not too far from the border between Iran and Iraqi Kurdistan, Satar Barsirini looked up at the sky, now streaked with jets and drones.
From Barron's ● Mar. 7, 2026
Her hair was black streaked with silver, cut short and curled away from her face.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
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