See hot streak on Wiktionary
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"ref": "1930 January 29, “Bucs to Play in Twin Bill Tonight”, in Moberly Monitor-Index, volume 11, number 179, Moberly, M.O.: Moberly Index Printing Company, →OCLC, page 6, column 1:",
"text": "The local collegians played the Trenton school on the foreign court two weeks ago, and after holding the lead through the game, the Trenton team got a hot streak in the last minutes of play and tossed several long shots through the ring for a 16-12 windup in the favor.",
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"text": "At about six in the morning, she hit a hot streak and her piles of chips began to grow. A crowd gathered. She did a quick tally: not quite enough to pay off the notes she had signed, but if she kept playing smart, she would come out on top, and then quit for good.",
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"ref": "2023 November 6, Kim McGrath, quoting Erik Nesson, “Q&A: 'Hot hand' in sports is real, but there's a catch”, in Phys.org, archived from the original on 2024-01-09:",
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