on a roll
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Golf tourism in Northern Ireland is on a roll following Rory McIlroy's back-to-back triumphs at the Masters at Augusta National.
From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026
Robert Coover’s novel of sports obsession invites readers into a baseball drama in which everything depends on a roll of the dice.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
Göransson is on a roll, on track to win his third Oscar in this category, following “Black Panther” in 2019 and “Oppenheimer” in 2024.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2026
Shares of cybersecurity-software companies have been on a roll this week, with investors reacting to the heightened threat of digital warfare as the Iran conflict escalates.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 4, 2026
Her mom hated being interrupted when she was on a roll with her writing, and she’d been pulling eighteen-hour days since they’d come back from the library.
From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson
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