winning streak
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Not only was the winning streak alive—the championship that the Knicks have waited 53 years for now seemed within their grasp.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026
The second was a winning streak that now borders on the supernatural: The Knicks have simply forgotten how to lose.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
As of the closing bell, the S&P 500 had wiped out its advance from earlier in the week, placing a lengthy weekly winning streak in jeopardy.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026
Her sole Grand Slam match win came at Wimbledon in 2022 - but Chwalinska now finds herself on an eight-match winning streak on the Parisian clay, having dropped just one set on the way.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026
The baseball team was in the middle of a winning streak where he’d pitched two no hitters and his fastball was coming in consistently at eighty-nine mph.
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
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