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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.
—
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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Doing hamstring curls boosts knee strength and lowers stress and injury risk.
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Lightweight natural braids for hot weather For those who want their curls and coils up and out of the way this summer, consider natural mini braids or twists without extensions (also known as boneless braids).
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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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The Sloane Club is trying to ride the tidal wave of money and interest flowing toward members-only clubs — businesses charging hefty annual fees for access to exclusive plush bars, restaurants and other amenities.
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Given reports of rampant hacking in crypto, BitGo’s small innovation has attracted a tidal wave of business over the last decade as more and more institutions have taken an interest in digital assets.
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That said, the everything-else-in-black-and-white visual approach was too much of an immersion breaker from the otherwise ultra-realistic looking game.
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As Heat president Pat Riley has said in the past, making due with limited first-round capital does not stand as a deal breaker.
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The tsunami of interest hasn’t been limited to just Hollywood insiders, TV nerds geeking out in chat rooms, or TikTokers sharing clips.
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More than twenty-two thousand people were declared dead or missing in the aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami, according to government figures.
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“Roller.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roller. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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