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Recent Examples of roller
As the camera glides in and around a roller-skating rink, where much of the action takes place, Decker and Shlesinger achieve and sustain a terrific balance of comic velocity and erotic languor.
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Justin Chang, New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2026
DeZarate used an iced jade roller to bring down any puffiness and massaged my skin with La Mer Moisturizing Matte Lotion for that truly luxurious feel.
—Jesa Marie Calaor, Allure, 31 Jan. 2026
On board, guests can ride bumper cars, go roller skating, take in the views from North Star, the world's tallest viewing deck on a cruise ship, and more.
—Marina Watts, PEOPLE, 28 Jan. 2026
Carter landed one of his most memorable roles in John Carpenter's 1982 sci-fi classic The Thing, as Nauls, the roller-skating cook aboard the Antarctic research station.
—Jillian Sederholm, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Jan. 2026
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Justin Chang, New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2026
DeZarate used an iced jade roller to bring down any puffiness and massaged my skin with La Mer Moisturizing Matte Lotion for that truly luxurious feel.
—Jesa Marie Calaor, Allure, 31 Jan. 2026
On board, guests can ride bumper cars, go roller skating, take in the views from North Star, the world's tallest viewing deck on a cruise ship, and more.
—Marina Watts, PEOPLE, 28 Jan. 2026
Carter landed one of his most memorable roles in John Carpenter's 1982 sci-fi classic The Thing, as Nauls, the roller-skating cook aboard the Antarctic research station.
—Jillian Sederholm, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Jan. 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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But recently TikTok is discovering the face-framing magic that comes from turning your curls inward.—
Grace McCarty,
Glamour,
5 Feb. 2026
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These handles are usually coloured red or yellow, to identify each team’s stones, and the players control which way the stone curls by rotating the handle in one direction or the other.—
Matt Slater,
New York Times,
4 Feb. 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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Karen Kovacs notes that NBCUniversal in 2024 established a Creators Collective around the Paris Summer Games that yielded a tidal wave of content that added to the buzz around the Games.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
5 Feb. 2026
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February 19 – March 20 A tender ripple can become a tidal wave of momentum.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
13 Jan. 2026
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Finally, last month a cruise ship got trapped in ice in Antarctica, and a US Coast Guard ice-breaker had to come to free it from its frosty prison.—
Maureen O'Hare,
CNN Money,
7 Feb. 2026
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Don't miss these Police used a drone to catch a serial law-breaker in Stoughton.—
JR Radcliffe,
jsonline.com,
5 Feb. 2026
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If the news of a $43 million shortfall was a tsunami, then Thursday’s news is a bomb.—
Jennah Pendleton,
Sacbee.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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After the tsunami, global real estate investment company Kennedy Wilson and Rosewood Hotels & Resorts partnered to reimagine Kona Village.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Jan. 2026
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“Roller.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roller. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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