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as in rounding
to form into a round compact mass rolled up the wrapper from the straw and threw it
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as in swaying
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 rotating
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 flowing
to move in a stream just lying on the beach, watching the clouds roll by
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as in revolving
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 drifting
to move or proceed smoothly and readily once we started rolling, everything went perfectly
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Hugh Son, CNBC, 15 Apr. 2026 Growing up on a dairy farm in the rolling green hills of New Zealand’s Waikato region in the upper northwest of the country, Craig Piggott’s days began before dawn. —Jake Angelo, Fortune, 13 Apr. 2026
Daryl Austin, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2026 In the 10th, Eugenio Suárez hit a grounder against Garrett Acton (1-1) that deflected off the glove of third baseman Tristan Gray for an error, and left fielder Martin couldn't field the slowly rolling ball for another error that allowed automatic runner Elly De La Cruz to score. —ABC News, 19 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for rolling
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Morgan Stanley, led by CEO Ted Pick since 2024, appears to have capably navigated the tumult of the first quarter, which saw rolling corrections in software stocks and the upheaval caused by the Iran war. —Hugh Son, CNBC, 15 Apr. 2026 Growing up on a dairy farm in the rolling green hills of New Zealand’s Waikato region in the upper northwest of the country, Craig Piggott’s days began before dawn. —Jake Angelo, Fortune, 13 Apr. 2026
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Oatmeal is typically made by processing oat groats through steaming, rolling or cutting, and the oats themselves are naturally gluten-free and do not contain gluten proteins. —Daryl Austin, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2026 In the 10th, Eugenio Suárez hit a grounder against Garrett Acton (1-1) that deflected off the glove of third baseman Tristan Gray for an error, and left fielder Martin couldn't field the slowly rolling ball for another error that allowed automatic runner Elly De La Cruz to score. —ABC News, 19 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for rolling
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One big unknown, following the death of the penny, lay in how retailers might handle the math of rounding off cash transactions.— Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2026
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The entire menu is under $20, with BBQ chicken and chicken Caesar crepes and a veggie sandwich rounding out the options.— Senior Food Editor, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2026
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Light rumbling could be felt as far away as Tokyo.— Kevin Shalvey, ABC News, 20 Apr. 2026
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Small earthquakes had been rumbling since January, and in March, the 5,417-foot-tall subglacial volcano at the southern end of the country concluded 187 years of dormancy with the beginnings of a quiet lava flow.— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 13 Apr. 2026
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Sentiment in other nations is swaying China’s way, too.— Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 15 Apr. 2026
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The grounds are ensconced in swaying palm trees and lotus ponds that offer panoramic vistas of the ocean from nearly every angle.— Asia London Palomba, Travel + Leisure, 11 Apr. 2026
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Best Nightlife L’Antiquario One of just a handful of bars in Italy on the World’s 50 Best Bars list, this elegant drinking den serves creative cocktails, including a Negroni flight served on a rotating carousel.— Laura Itzkowitz, Travel + Leisure, 20 Apr. 2026
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But as soon as one flagellar motor reverses direction and starts rotating clockwise, the bundle falls apart; the reverse-twirling filament unravels the braid and puts the cell’s flagellar motors at cross-purposes, kicking the cell around.— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 20 Apr. 2026
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Jackie Tohn looks elegant in a white button-down top and black flowing skirt at the Venice Family Clinic HEART Gala in Culver City, California, on April 18.— Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 21 Apr. 2026
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State-level commitments in California, Maryland, and Massachusetts, along with federal apprenticeship grants, are also flowing into trades training, per JLL.— Sydney Lake, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2026
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The backdrop is a revolving spectacular set, such as cherry trees showering pink paper petals.— ABC News, ABC News, 9 Apr. 2026
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But now, instead of playing six notes, create this similar kind of a revolving pattern.— George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026
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These handsome galoots may cheat on their spouses or worse, but this allows the women to smolder in drifting chiffon.— Libby Gelman-Waxner, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2026
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Fillman and his diving instructor tapped into their survival instincts by dumping their heavy diving gear and tanks and tying themselves together with their remaining gear to prevent them from drifting apart.— Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 20 Apr. 2026
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At the time, state officials alleged that Platte County had been low-balling assessments for years.— Jenna Ebbers, Kansas City Star, 4 Apr. 2026
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That’s where the fire-balling Doval could loom large.— Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 23 Mar. 2026
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“Rolling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/rolling. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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