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Recent Examples of roller
Among the crowd were roller derby athletes, volleyball players, track stars, parents, nurses, doctors, church leaders, school board members, teachers and academics.
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Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2025
Press the button on the back side of the roller and get rid of the fur inside.
—Simon Hill, Wired News, 31 Mar. 2025
Unlike traditional lint rollers, this one is designed specifically to lift thick pet hair off soft surfaces.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2025
Yandy Diaz reached on a swinging bunt in the fourth, and Josh Lowe’s roller found a hole through the left side of the infield in the fourth.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 28 Mar. 2025
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Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2025
Press the button on the back side of the roller and get rid of the fur inside.
—Simon Hill, Wired News, 31 Mar. 2025
Unlike traditional lint rollers, this one is designed specifically to lift thick pet hair off soft surfaces.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2025
Yandy Diaz reached on a swinging bunt in the fourth, and Josh Lowe’s roller found a hole through the left side of the infield in the fourth.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 28 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for roller
Noun
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On the water, target current breaks, pools, and deep riffles where trout will wait and ambush their food.—
Max Inchausti,
Field & Stream,
12 June 2024
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Sandbars and rock bars and gravel bars could be broken down into a full taxonomy describing their size and shape and orientation: chains and traps, riffles and reefs.—
Boyce Upholt,
Smithsonian Magazine,
11 June 2024
Noun
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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
Noun
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Her glam featured her hair styled with soft curls and fringe to frame her face.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
3 Apr. 2025
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Her bright blonde hair was styled in loose curls with a middle part, and her makeup was soft—just pink lips and a touch of blush.—
Robyn Merrett,
StyleCaster,
2 Apr. 2025
Noun
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For example, complex analysis is used to manipulate wavelets, or small oscillations in data.—
William Ross,
The Conversation,
10 Mar. 2025
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Does the little surge of Trump dances across sports represent a wave, or at least a wavelet, of athletes declaring their allegiances for the President-elect?—
Louisa Thomas,
The New Yorker,
24 Nov. 2024
Noun
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Chelsea Handler: The Feeling Following the success of her Critics Choice Awards hosting gig, Chelsea Handler is riding the tidal wave with a stand-up special that released on March 25 on Netflix.—
Rebecca Aizin,
People.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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Riding the emotional tidal wave, the Trojans earned a second consecutive trip to the Sweet 16, in Spokane, Washington this year, by overwhelming Mississippi State in every way – scoreboards, backboards, sonically, spiritually.—
Mirjam Swanson,
Oc Register,
26 Mar. 2025
Noun
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This collaboration with the quicksilver informant unwillingly leads Pietro into a murky underworld, finding that in this case, law enforcers may not differ much from the law breakers.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
9 Apr. 2025
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For a team that’s been knocking on the door as a plucky underdog over the past few years, acquiring Rantanen has given this team a game breaker at a totally different level than what previously existed in Texas.—
Thomas Drance,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The Trump tariff tsunami is about to hit the economy in ways most of us cannot imagine.—
Susan Tompor,
USA Today,
7 Apr. 2025
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In 2004, the Indian Ocean tsunami prompted a truce deal between the Indonesian government and local rebels to facilitate relief efforts.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
7 Apr. 2025
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“Roller.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roller. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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