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winning streak

Idioms

A series of consecutive successes, a run of good luck, as in Our son-in-law has been on a winning streak with his investments. This expression comes from gambling. [Mid-1900s]

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winning streak

During that part of the campaign, Canada ended England's near four-year winning streak with a nail-biting 26-26 draw at Sandy Park in Exeter.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

The WSJ Dollar Index fell 0.3%, snapping its winning streak.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

The Dodgers’ loss ended an eight-game winning streak.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026

Rosen said the show "really took people by surprise" and could break Netflix's three-year winning streak for best limited series, despite the strength of the streaming giant's second take of the anthology series "Beef."

From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026

But I was on a winning streak, and the better my results, the more I wanted to try for even better results.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad

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