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as in to rock
to make a series of unsteady side-to-side motions
the car suddenly was rolling as high winds swept across the bridge
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as in to turn
to move (something) in a curved or circular path on or as if on an axis
in order to knock your opponent off balance, you have to roll the log when he least expects it
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as in to flow
to move in a stream
just lying on the beach, watching the clouds roll by
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as in to rotate
to move in circles around an axis or center
rolled her head around her shoulders to loosen herself up
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as in to drift
to move or proceed smoothly and readily
once we started rolling, everything went perfectly
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as in list
a record of a series of items (as names or titles) usually arranged according to some system
called the roll of people supposed to be in the class
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Recent Examples of roll
John Bacon, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2025
Due to their size and the manner in which vertical integration has rolled multiple entities in the drug supply chain into one conglomerate, PBMs have considerable control over which drugs are available to patients, at what price and where patients can access them.
—Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2025
The national grocery store recently swapped out its beloved cinnamon rolls for a new formula, according to Sam’s Club Lovers’ Instagram page.
—Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 14 Mar. 2025
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Verb
Tornado outbreak: Deadly storms destroyed homes and businesses The unsettled weather could roll as far east as the Carolinas, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Georgia and northern Florida on Thursday, AccuWeather said.
—John Bacon, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2025
Due to their size and the manner in which vertical integration has rolled multiple entities in the drug supply chain into one conglomerate, PBMs have considerable control over which drugs are available to patients, at what price and where patients can access them.
—Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
Noun
The Getty has acquired the archive of American artist Raymond Pettibon, best known for his punk aesthetic and documentation of the rock ‘n’ roll scene in Southern California in the 1980s.
—Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2025
The national grocery store recently swapped out its beloved cinnamon rolls for a new formula, according to Sam’s Club Lovers’ Instagram page.
—Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 14 Mar. 2025
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The top five highest-earners were rounded out by Stephen Curry ($153.8 million), Tyson Fury ($147 million), Lionel Messi ($135 million), and LeBron James ($133.2 million).—
Kimberly Wilson,
Essence,
13 Mar. 2025
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If there is an increase, that percentage is rounded to the nearest 10th of 1 percent, and that determines how much benefits will be boosted by.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
Newsweek,
13 Mar. 2025
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Amidst tornadoes and other severe weather, a 3.0 earthquake rumbled Magee, Mississippi on Saturday afternoon, southeast of Jackson.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA TODAY,
16 Mar. 2025
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He’s manifested these through violin, piccolo, glockenspiel, and rumbling percussion suggestive of rolling surf, lighting strikes, and thunder.—
Guillermo Perez,
Miami Herald,
11 Mar. 2025
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Given the current turmoil rocking the federal student loan system, the outcome of that legal challenge could be crucial for millions of student loan borrowers struggling with their repayment plans.—
Adam S. Minsky,
Forbes,
14 Mar. 2025
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Carlo Allegri | Reuters The stock market has been rocked over the past month as recession fears mounted on Wall Street and Donald Trump’s shifting tariff policy escalated into a global trade war.—
Morgan Chittum,
CNBC,
13 Mar. 2025
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Having started her career as a soprano, Hannigan turned her hand to conducting at age 40 at the Châtelet in Paris.—
Paul Grein,
Billboard,
18 Mar. 2025
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What this means: After spending significant resources over the past week to upgrade the offensive line, the Bears turned their attention to the defensive front with a top-shelf signing from the edge rusher aisle.—
Sean Hammond,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Mar. 2025
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Conversation flowed into dinner, where the crowd discovered another accessory waiting for them: a luggage tag, ready for the next trip.—
Kristen Tauer,
WWD,
14 Mar. 2025
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In traditional mentorship, knowledge typically flows one way—senior leaders guiding younger employees.—
Maha Abouelenein,
Forbes,
13 Mar. 2025
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If trade tensions ease and growth metrics strengthen, investors may rotate away from defensive assets such as gold and back into growth equities.—
Garth Friesen,
Forbes,
15 Mar. 2025
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The Zillion Direct’s slot panel is rectangular, and the plug is designed to fill the gap that’s created whenever a builder rotates the panel to enable a vertical graphics card orientation.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
15 Mar. 2025
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With Isak pulling into those wider left channels in Newcastle’s attack, there are even occasions of Van Dijk being willing to drift out of position — running across his own centre-back — to follow the Sweden international rather than pass him onto a team-mate.—
Mark Carey,
The Athletic,
15 Mar. 2025
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Meanwhile, everyone else managed to drift in a wooden boat on the waters in darkness for the next 10 hours.—
Latoya Gayle,
People.com,
15 Mar. 2025
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That last one, which stalks and growls realistically thanks to a trio of stunningly talented puppeteers, acts as both antagonist and doppelgänger to Pi.—
John Wenzel,
The Denver Post,
20 Mar. 2025
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There’s plenty such wordplay in The Safe House, to the point that the movie can seem like a caricature of overeducated, perpetually growling Parisians shouting for social change, but too self-centered and comfortable in their bourgeois lifestyles to do anything drastic about it.—
Jordan Mintzer,
The Hollywood Reporter,
21 Feb. 2025
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“Roll.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roll. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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