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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
My real allegiance, if burritos can inspire allegiance, is to the northern-Mexican style, made with a modest amount of filling and rolled into a consequentially narrower cylinder.
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Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 3 May 2026
Betts has competed in the PBA, and has rolled the perfect 300 game.
—Mac Engel
may 3, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 May 2026
David Frankel really rolled with it.
—Matt Donnelly, Variety, 3 May 2026
Instead, lawmakers pulled several less-controversial sections from that bill and rolled them into an unrelated measure making minor changes to Connecticut’s environmental laws.
—John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 2 May 2026
Tatis’ triple, on a line drive that rolled to the right field corner in the sixth inning, ended a career-high 15-game stretch without an extra-base hit.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 May 2026
Markanich blasted a header from the left side of the area the bounced of the right post, rolled along the goal line and ricocheted off the left post into the net to give Minnesota its first lead in the 74th minute.
—ABC News, 2 May 2026
After all, the Sounders rolled into KCK having won six games this year, while Sporting KC has been victorious just once.
—The Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 2 May 2026
The ball rolled away, but third-base coach Borg held Gilbert at third, despite Gilbert having more than enough speed to score.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 1 May 2026
Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 3 May 2026
Betts has competed in the PBA, and has rolled the perfect 300 game.
—Mac Engel
may 3, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 May 2026
David Frankel really rolled with it.
—Matt Donnelly, Variety, 3 May 2026
Instead, lawmakers pulled several less-controversial sections from that bill and rolled them into an unrelated measure making minor changes to Connecticut’s environmental laws.
—John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 2 May 2026
Tatis’ triple, on a line drive that rolled to the right field corner in the sixth inning, ended a career-high 15-game stretch without an extra-base hit.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 May 2026
Markanich blasted a header from the left side of the area the bounced of the right post, rolled along the goal line and ricocheted off the left post into the net to give Minnesota its first lead in the 74th minute.
—ABC News, 2 May 2026
After all, the Sounders rolled into KCK having won six games this year, while Sporting KC has been victorious just once.
—The Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 2 May 2026
The ball rolled away, but third-base coach Borg held Gilbert at third, despite Gilbert having more than enough speed to score.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 1 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rolled
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The addition of the truffle cheese fries really rounded out this girl dinner for me.—
Carolyn Burt,
Oc Register,
1 May 2026
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Alyssa Thomas, Napheesa Collier, Breanna Stewart and Jackie Young rounded out ESPN’s top five.—
Chantz Martin OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
1 May 2026
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The anti-vaccine rhetoric, and the efforts to revise laws and regulations, rumbled along at the state health department, and in the legislature.—
Kerry Sheridan,
NPR,
28 Apr. 2026
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Minutes later, some attendees reported hearing what sounded like gunshots and the room rumbled as everyone rushed to hide under tables.—
Meredith Kile,
PEOPLE,
26 Apr. 2026
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France lurched from republic to dictatorship to empire before cycling back through absolute monarchy, constitutional monarchy, Second Republic, and Second Empire.—
Sebastian Smee,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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An indictment filed in federal court in Sacramento on Thursday charges Mendoza Hernandez with one count of assault with a deadly weapon for each time his car lurched forward, incidents the government said were about seven seconds apart.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
1 May 2026
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What could’ve turned into a game of foul trouble and interruptions instead turned into a game Brunson controlled anyway.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
5 May 2026
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Doja Cat turned herself into a work of art in head-to-toe Saint Laurent to attend The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s 2026 Met Gala in New York City on Monday.—
Karla Rodriguez,
Footwear News,
4 May 2026
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Either way, in a major victory, traffic flowed much better every day this year than previous years.—
Chris Perkins,
Sun Sentinel,
3 May 2026
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Part of the inspiration flowed from the ultra-rich intellectual environment.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
2 May 2026
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In the one practice open to reporters, Watson was usually first in line as the quarterbacks rotated through drills, but Monken said the practice script called for Sanders to take more total reps.—
Zac Jackson,
New York Times,
1 May 2026
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Her three towering masts, which stand at approximately 328 feet and support over 16,000 square feet of rigid sails, can be rotated a full 360 degrees to maximize the wind, thereby reducing fuel consumption, lowering operating costs, and increasing efficiency.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
30 Apr. 2026
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The staircase to the second floor had a stair lift, and into my head drifted an image of an elderly widow, slowly ascending to her bedroom after eating alone, her kitchen overflowing with porcelain and crystal reminders of dinner parties long ago.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 May 2026
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Key creative decisions have drifted.—
George Heller,
HollywoodReporter,
6 May 2026
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Jokic came off a pin-down from Braun to catch on the right wing — again making Gobert chase him around a screen — but air-balled the 3-pointer.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
23 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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“Rolled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rolled. Accessed 9 May. 2026.
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