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Recent Examples of roller The next batter, Jacob Wilson, sent a slow roller past Senga right to Semien, who missed the ball completely. —
Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 11 Apr. 2026 Here’s how to put your lint roller to work in unexpected (and highly effective) ways around your home. —Jamie Cuccinelli, Martha Stewart, 11 Apr. 2026 Start by using a sticky roller or a vacuum to remove as much fur as possible. —Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Apr. 2026 Steven Kwan hit a roller to second that was tailor-made for an inning-ending double play, but because the ball hit Rocchio, he was ruled out and Kwan was awarded a single. —Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 9 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for roller
Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 11 Apr. 2026 Here’s how to put your lint roller to work in unexpected (and highly effective) ways around your home. —Jamie Cuccinelli, Martha Stewart, 11 Apr. 2026 Start by using a sticky roller or a vacuum to remove as much fur as possible. —Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Apr. 2026 Steven Kwan hit a roller to second that was tailor-made for an inning-ending double play, but because the ball hit Rocchio, he was ruled out and Kwan was awarded a single. —Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 9 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for roller
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The brown trout of a lifetime that just sipped your fly can shoot down a riffle and bust that delicate 6-pound tippet.— Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 19 June 2025
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Here’s a general guideline of the classification of rapids, according to author I. Herbert Gordon: Class I: Easy, slower water with light riffles.— Morgan Tilton, Denver Post, 8 June 2025
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In the scope was one of the many tiny fish bones that were found that day, probably belonging to a small comber or a wrasse.— Paul Greenberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Dec. 2022
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The destructive combers continued to undermine dwellings near the water’s edge at West Newport Beach.— Scott Harrison, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2019
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The micro workouts included moves like rotini spiral planks, spaghetti curls and penne plié squats, along with star jacks, which were inspired by the new Protein+ star shape.— Chiara Kim, PEOPLE, 14 Apr. 2026
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Earlier this week, she was seen filming with tight '80s curls.— Meg Walters, InStyle, 11 Apr. 2026
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Pipe those wavelets of foie gras feculence over to neighboring Surfside, a two-bathroom kind of town with waste pipes galore.— Pat Beall, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 June 2025
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Its wavelets lap enticingly at our feet, but the breaker that might truly knock the breath out of us never comes.— Sara Holdren, Vulture, 23 Apr. 2025
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The world is already facing a plastic tidal wave, with waste levels on track to nearly triple by 2060 if it is not controlled.— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 9 Apr. 2026
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The massive amounts of debris that impact created then crashed back to the lunar surface, creating a tidal wave 11 times taller than Mount Everest and then sloshing around for two hours to form the outer two of the basin’s three concentric rims.— Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 4 Apr. 2026
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Analytics expertise is not a priority, and scouting chops aren’t a deal breaker.— Alec Lewis, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2026
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Cowboys insider Joseph Hoyt recently took some time to break down what makes Mesidor a game breaker.— Staff Writter, Dallas Morning News, 4 Apr. 2026
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For the first time, scientists have direct, high-resolution, two-dimensional observations linking a tsunami's structure in the open ocean to the details of the earthquake that created it.— Stefanie Waldek, Space.com, 7 Apr. 2026
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An echo of these matches lies in Human Mask (2014), a haunting video work by Pierre Huyghe, set in Fukushima after the destruction wrought by the tsunami and then the breakdown of the nuclear reactor.— Shanti Escalante-De Mattei, ARTnews.com, 6 Apr. 2026
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“Roller.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/roller. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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