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Recent Examples of roller
In the top of the second with the bases loaded, the Mets’ Carson Benge hit a slow roller to the left side of the infield.
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Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 5 Apr. 2026
More practical touches include a dual wireless charging pad, an electric roller shutter for the cargo area, and a USB port integrated into the rearview mirror for powering a dashcam.
—New Atlas, 5 Apr. 2026
Encarnacion hit a slow roller that reliever Huascar Brazobán grabbed and threw to Vientos, who dropped the ball.
—CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026
This new restaurant next to the 74-year-old Silver Wheel roller skating rink on Grants Lane serves breakfast and lunch that tastes home-cooked with dessert that is worth a stop alone.
—Ella Gonzales
april 1, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Apr. 2026
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Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 5 Apr. 2026
More practical touches include a dual wireless charging pad, an electric roller shutter for the cargo area, and a USB port integrated into the rearview mirror for powering a dashcam.
—New Atlas, 5 Apr. 2026
Encarnacion hit a slow roller that reliever Huascar Brazobán grabbed and threw to Vientos, who dropped the ball.
—CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026
This new restaurant next to the 74-year-old Silver Wheel roller skating rink on Grants Lane serves breakfast and lunch that tastes home-cooked with dessert that is worth a stop alone.
—Ella Gonzales
april 1, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for roller
Noun
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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
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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Each cantilever is composed of a stack of several submicrometer layers of material and curls approximately 90 degrees out of the plane at rest.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
9 Apr. 2026
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Regardless of the method, Marjan considers hair extensions to be one of the most vital components in her tool kit, especially for those who have fine hair that won’t hold a curl.—
Hunter Lacey,
Allure,
9 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 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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Roach’s wedding reveal in March prompted a tidal wave of attention on Zendaya and Holland.—
Zack Sharf,
Variety,
1 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.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roller. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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