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as in rounded
to form into a round compact mass rolled up the wrapper from the straw and threw it
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as in lurched
to make a series of unsteady side-to-side motions the car suddenly was rolling as high winds swept across the bridge
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as in turned
to move (something) in a curved or circular path on or as if on an axis in order to knock your opponent off balance, you have to roll the log when he least expects it
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as in flowed
to move in a stream just lying on the beach, watching the clouds roll by
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as in rotated
to move in circles around an axis or center rolled her head around her shoulders to loosen herself up
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as in drifted
to move or proceed smoothly and readily once we started rolling, everything went perfectly
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Recent Examples of rolled Four people were injured Sunday evening when a speeding Jeep clipped another car and rolled on southbound Interstate 25 in Adams County, according to fire officials. —
Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 20 Apr. 2026 Fearing multiple shooters and working to prevent their escape, officers shot flat the tires of cars, trucks and motorcycles in the area and rolled the shooter’s truck down a ravine. —Nick Penzenstadler, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2026 Amelia Price scored five goals as Newburyport rolled to a 20-5 Cape Ann League win over Triton. —Tyler McManus, Boston Herald, 18 Apr. 2026 Cody Bellinger hit a pair of two-run homers, drove in five runs and the New York Yankees rolled to a 13-4 rout of the Kansas City Royals on Saturday afternoon. —ABC News, 18 Apr. 2026 And in the ninth, a grounder hit by Spencer Steer rolled under Lee’s glove and into left. —Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 18 Apr. 2026 Max Muncy homered twice, Tyler Glasnow allowed two hits in seven innings and the Los Angeles Dodgers rolled to a 7-1 win over the Colorado Rockies in frigid conditions on Friday night. —CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026 Mullins was the name that rolled off everyone’s lips during the Final Four. —Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 11 Apr. 2026 On another third down, Craig rolled to his right and hit Payne in the flat for a chunk play. —Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Apr. 2026
Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 20 Apr. 2026 Fearing multiple shooters and working to prevent their escape, officers shot flat the tires of cars, trucks and motorcycles in the area and rolled the shooter’s truck down a ravine. —Nick Penzenstadler, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2026 Amelia Price scored five goals as Newburyport rolled to a 20-5 Cape Ann League win over Triton. —Tyler McManus, Boston Herald, 18 Apr. 2026 Cody Bellinger hit a pair of two-run homers, drove in five runs and the New York Yankees rolled to a 13-4 rout of the Kansas City Royals on Saturday afternoon. —ABC News, 18 Apr. 2026 And in the ninth, a grounder hit by Spencer Steer rolled under Lee’s glove and into left. —Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 18 Apr. 2026 Max Muncy homered twice, Tyler Glasnow allowed two hits in seven innings and the Los Angeles Dodgers rolled to a 7-1 win over the Colorado Rockies in frigid conditions on Friday night. —CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026 Mullins was the name that rolled off everyone’s lips during the Final Four. —Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 11 Apr. 2026 On another third down, Craig rolled to his right and hit Payne in the flat for a chunk play. —Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Apr. 2026
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All of the edges were rounded, creating a very smart appearance.— Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 11 Apr. 2026
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Frances rounded out the group in a bubblegum pink tweed frock studded with bows and white Mary Jane shoes.— Christina Perrier, InStyle, 10 Apr. 2026
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Big Boy rumbled through Northern California in 2014, but with fewer stops than are planned this year.— Brooke Park, San Francisco Chronicle, 31 Mar. 2026
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Panthers fans excitedly rumbled in his mentions.— Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 27 Mar. 2026
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Don’t gag, don’t cry — and my stomach lurched.— Kate Crane, Rolling Stone, 2 Apr. 2026
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Since then, the larger culture has lurched rightward, with big corporations abandoning progressive signaling in favor of…other priorities.— Alison Herman, Variety, 25 Mar. 2026
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But the 24-year-old has offered little to suggest a corner is going to be turned.— Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2026
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When the Fed began raising rates in 2022, the correlation between stocks and bonds turned positive — meaning that bonds weren’t the portfolio ballast investors were expecting.— Michelle Fox, CNBC, 20 Apr. 2026
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As the town assessed damages and began to recover, community support flowed in; the fire department offered hot meals to volunteers, utility companies set up free charging and WiFi stations and contractors distributed care packages for those affected.— Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 19 Apr. 2026
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Trails thread through remnants of the same ancient sea that once also flowed over South Dakota's Badlands National Park—keep an eye out for fossils.— Julia Sayers Gokhale, Midwest Living, 17 Apr. 2026
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Tucker McDonald, Kalieb Osborne and Tyler Smith rotated reps for the rest of the afternoon.— Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 11 Apr. 2026
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To understand the neurons’ function, Liberles and his colleagues rotated mice from horizontal to upright while monitoring their vitals in real time.— Jacek Krywko, Scientific American, 10 Apr. 2026
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Smoke from the fires has drifted far beyond South Georgia, with residents in Atlanta and across the metro area reporting a strong smell of burning and hazy skies.— Christopher Harris, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026
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Smoke has drifted hundreds of miles across the Southeast, pushing air quality into unhealthy ranges for vulnerable residents from Atlanta to South Carolina.— Emilie Megnien, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
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The Colorado Rapids out-Wells-balled themselves at Empower Field.— Braidon Nourse, Denver Post, 19 Apr. 2026
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Bare root trees and shrubs, as the name suggests, are not sold in a pot or balled and burlapped.— Dr. Lauren Kurtz, Hartford Courant, 21 Feb. 2026
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