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Recent Examples of roller
The physical controls feature a button, a paddle, and a roller.
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James Peckham, PC Magazine, 5 Mar. 2026
My carry-on tote is my old faithful Phoebe-era Celine bag that fits on top of my roller perfectly.
—Elly Leavitt, Vogue, 3 Mar. 2026
The restaurant was once filled with neon lights, roller skating wait staff and a DJ booth complete with Elvis Presley impersonator, Vader said, describing eating there as an iconic Boise experience.
—Idaho Statesman, 3 Mar. 2026
The large wheels also offer a smoother ride over rough surfaces, so roller blades are a better choice than roller skates for skating on sidewalks and trails with some bumps and cracks.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 2 Mar. 2026
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James Peckham, PC Magazine, 5 Mar. 2026
My carry-on tote is my old faithful Phoebe-era Celine bag that fits on top of my roller perfectly.
—Elly Leavitt, Vogue, 3 Mar. 2026
The restaurant was once filled with neon lights, roller skating wait staff and a DJ booth complete with Elvis Presley impersonator, Vader said, describing eating there as an iconic Boise experience.
—Idaho Statesman, 3 Mar. 2026
The large wheels also offer a smoother ride over rough surfaces, so roller blades are a better choice than roller skates for skating on sidewalks and trails with some bumps and cracks.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 2 Mar. 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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Shawkat, with her warm, amused eyes and her mop of curls, is a perfect carrier for Mae’s air of abjection, flopping around her bed like a horny, gloomy Raggedy Ann.—
Emily Nussbaum,
New Yorker,
12 Mar. 2026
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Hair type refers to your curl pattern.—
Allison Palmer,
Kansas City Star,
12 Mar. 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 tidal wave of undocumented people booked into the Orange County Jail without criminal charges has dropped dramatically following a letter from Mayor Jerry Demings to ICE officials setting new rules for the feds.—
Ryan Gillespie,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 Feb. 2026
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That gives Bhusri a solid chunk of time to see if a cofounder in the CEO seat can have an impact on the stock price in the midst of an AI tidal wave.—
Amanda Gerut,
Fortune,
13 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Scott was the family’s best window breaker.—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Mar. 2026
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As a solo artist, her debut album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill was a record-breaker that sold 20 million copies worldwide and earned the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 1999.—
Kathleen Perricone,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Mar. 2026
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But when the tsunami generated by the shock destabilized the cooling systems of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, the potential for disaster became exponentially greater.—
K. Thor Jensen,
PC Magazine,
6 Mar. 2026
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There were countless moments of sudden retreat and explosive payoff, like the eerie calm before a tsunami.—
Mano Sundaresan,
Pitchfork,
3 Mar. 2026
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“Roller.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roller. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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