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Recent Examples of roller
The tongs used to pull hot dogs and taquitos off the eternally turning roller grill didn’t get washed, rinsed and sanitized when in use for four hours.
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David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 20 Apr. 2026
Secure each roller in place with a clamp.
—Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 17 Apr. 2026
Opening across the chest, this part of the flow utilizes breath and positioning over the roller to counteract tightness and encourage expansion through the upper body.
—Jennifer Shanker, Flow Space, 15 Apr. 2026
In Colorado’s largest city, Denver’s more than 250 parks offer a wide array of courts for those seeking alternatives to the normal — including bocce, futsal, handball, lawn bowling, sand volleyball, roller hockey, ping pong, cornhole and slackline courses.
—John Aguilar, Denver Post, 14 Apr. 2026
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David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 20 Apr. 2026
Secure each roller in place with a clamp.
—Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 17 Apr. 2026
Opening across the chest, this part of the flow utilizes breath and positioning over the roller to counteract tightness and encourage expansion through the upper body.
—Jennifer Shanker, Flow Space, 15 Apr. 2026
In Colorado’s largest city, Denver’s more than 250 parks offer a wide array of courts for those seeking alternatives to the normal — including bocce, futsal, handball, lawn bowling, sand volleyball, roller hockey, ping pong, cornhole and slackline courses.
—John Aguilar, Denver Post, 14 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
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At Laredo Taqueria, steam curls from a sizzling skillet as the aroma of jalapeño, cumin, and fresh lime mingles with the nutty scent of tortillas cooking nearby.—
Carrie Honaker,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
23 Apr. 2026
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And despite the whitewashed canvas and angular Swiss lighting, the prevailing sense is not overly precious—this is kick-off-rainboots-and-curl-up territory.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 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 world is already facing a plastic tidal wave, with waste levels on track to nearly triple by 2060 if it is not controlled.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Apr. 2026
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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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Surges can sometimes indicate an underlying wiring issue or a problem with your main breaker.—
Timothy Dale,
Better Homes & Gardens,
25 Apr. 2026
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Everything said, the biggest news coming out of this story is that this car is, in fact, street-legal … and the fact that Ford has opened an application window for those who might want a crack at the Nürburgring record-breaker.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
21 Apr. 2026
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Japan has restarted 15 reactors after reviewing the lessons of the earthquake and tsunami that damaged the Fukushima plant, and 10 more are in the process of getting approval to restart.—
Vladimir Isachenkov,
Fortune,
23 Apr. 2026
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Monday’s event in Japan was a thrust earthquake that made the ground move up and down—a motion that is much more likely to cause a tsunami.—
Jacek Krywko,
Scientific American,
23 Apr. 2026
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“Roller.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roller. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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