How to Use winning/losing streak in a Sentence

winning/losing streak

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  • The Royals were in the midst of what would be a six-game winning streak.
    — Rustin Dodd, Kansas City Star, 24 Jan. 2024
  • The loss put an end to the Royals’ four-game winning streak.
    — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 28 Apr. 2024
  • The Mets have lost four in a row after a six-game winning streak and dropped to 42-50.
    — Mike Brehm, USA TODAY, 16 July 2023
  • The Rangers came to town on a six-game winning streak, but head out having lost three straight.
    — Joe Noga, cleveland, 17 Sep. 2023
  • The bullpen heroics helped the red-hot Mets extend their winning streak to five games.
    — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 13 July 2024
  • The program’s losing streak to the Tigers was extended to six straight and 10 of the past 11 meetings.
    — Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 16 Sep. 2023
  • The good news: The Tigers (61-74) have won back-to-back games after snapping a five-game losing streak.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 2 Sep. 2023
  • The Red Sox had a chance to extend their winning streak to four games Tuesday night.
    — Andrew Mahoney, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Sep. 2023
  • This race broke a four-Olympic winning streak by Jamaica in this event.
    — David K. Li, NBC News, 8 Aug. 2024
  • One of the campaign’s highlights was a 14-game winning streak that tied a 30-year-old school record.
    — Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Coming into the game, the Mercury were 2-10 and on a six-game losing streak.
    — Indystar Sports, The Indianapolis Star, 30 June 2023
  • The Red Sox managed to snap their three-game losing streak with a 6-4 win at Seattle.
    — Andrew Mahoney, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Worse than the Pistons, who went on a 28-game losing streak this season.
    — Shane Young, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Can stocks keep rising? U.S. stocks have carved out a winning streak.
    — Jacob Pramuk, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Madden was the head coach of the Oakland Raiders in the 1970s, with an enviable winning streak.
    — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Aug. 2024
  • The Bills improved to 4-2, ending their two-game losing streak.
    — Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 15 Oct. 2024
  • Those stocks rose as the S&P 500 broke a four-day losing streak and the Nasdaq Composite gained more than 1%.
    — Tanaya MacHeel, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2024
  • But the Sox's runaway winning streak which landed them the Trophy — while the pair were shooting the film — forced a change of plans.
    — Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 9 Oct. 2024
  • Melbourne holds the longest winning streak record of 961 days.
    — Cheryl Russell, Orange County Register, 18 May 2024
  • The yield on the 10-year Treasury rose, while U.S. oil prices rebounded from a three-day losing streak.
    — Abid Ali, CNBC, 25 July 2024
  • The Royals dropped to 24-17 and snapped their three-game winning streak ahead of Sunday’s finale.
    — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 12 May 2024
  • The 2024 edition will see if the Fab Five can continue their winning streak for the seventh year.
    — Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 17 July 2024
  • Denver boasts an eight-game winning streak against the Lakers.
    — Troy Renck, The Denver Post, 18 Apr. 2024
  • The blast — the second walk-off home run of his career — ended the Sox’s franchise-record 16-game home losing streak.
    — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2024
  • Can DeSoto beat its rival for the first time since 2016 and end a five-game losing streak in the series?
    — Greg Riddle, Dallas News, 8 Aug. 2023
  • In the current five-game winning streak, the offense has shown signs of recovery.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 14 Sep. 2023
  • The winning streak is the eighth longest in team history and the lengthiest since 2008.
    — Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 2 May 2024
  • The road loss ended Arizona’s nine-game winning streak.
    — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 16 Sep. 2024
  • Green Bay had its four-game winning streak snapped and fell to 6-3 overall and 0-2 in the division heading into the bye week.
    — Rob Reischel, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
  • After a slow start, the Gophers football team is riding a three-game winning streak to Illinois for a crucial matchup against old nemesis Bret Bielema.
    — Nick Halter, Axios, 1 Nov. 2024

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