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Recent Examples of roller
Steer snuck a slow roller under the glove of the second baseman Chisholm, and as Steer surged to second, José Caballero — who moved from left field to center field an inning earlier — came up throwing.
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Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
21 June 2026
In 2012, The Criterion Collection released a restoration overseen by Cimino himself that reinstates key sequences, including a 20-minute prologue featuring John Hurt's graduation speech at Harvard, as well as the roller-skating scene in which Jeff Bridges plays a fiddle.
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Britt Hayes,
Entertainment Weekly,
16 June 2026
The new Kamakhya-Howrah Vande Bharat Sleeper train features wide windows and amenities like air-conditioning, bench seats that transition into beds, family-sized berths, onboard catering, electric outlets, reading lights, and roller blinds.
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Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
15 June 2026
In Game 6 of the 1986 World Series, Wilson’s slow roller down the line went through Boston Red Sox first baseman Bill Buckner’s legs.
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Will Sammon,
New York Times,
13 June 2026
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Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
21 June 2026
In 2012, The Criterion Collection released a restoration overseen by Cimino himself that reinstates key sequences, including a 20-minute prologue featuring John Hurt's graduation speech at Harvard, as well as the roller-skating scene in which Jeff Bridges plays a fiddle.
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Britt Hayes,
Entertainment Weekly,
16 June 2026
The new Kamakhya-Howrah Vande Bharat Sleeper train features wide windows and amenities like air-conditioning, bench seats that transition into beds, family-sized berths, onboard catering, electric outlets, reading lights, and roller blinds.
—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
15 June 2026
In Game 6 of the 1986 World Series, Wilson’s slow roller down the line went through Boston Red Sox first baseman Bill Buckner’s legs.
—
Will Sammon,
New York Times,
13 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms 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.
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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.
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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.
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The destructive combers continued to undermine dwellings near the water’s edge at West Newport Beach.
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The twisting barrel easily clamps to hair (without pulling) and gives you long-lasting curls for up to two days.
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As for beauty, Madonna wore her golden doll-like curls down with a middle part and hair clips.
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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.
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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.
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Monsanto has faced a tidal wave of litigation in recent years over its Roundup product.
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With a population of over 200 million, any news story generates a tidal wave of jokes, many of them very sharp.
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Kristen Stewart is a fashion rule-breaker in the best way.
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While both are in need of help, the situation at KSC is already crumbling and the OIG warns a potential deal breaker for the agency’s plans, including its moon aspirations, if not addressed.
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After false rumors of tsunami warnings, Rodríguez addressed new viral claims suggesting the Caracas-La Guaira viaduct had suffered major structural damage.
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Two earthquakes rocked Venezuela leaving deadly destruction in its wake and triggering a tsunami advisory in the Caribbean.
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“Roller.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roller. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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