Definitions
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- noun An amusement ride consisting of a
buggy on a track that rises, falls, twists and turns. - noun by extension Any situation in which there are violent changes in status
- adjective Of or like a rollercoaster.
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Examples
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But it is also an exercise in rollercoaster ride literature, a vivid and devastating account of a mind headed over the edge, and yet containing the cold acuity of a writer like Bernhard.
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And Michigan coach John Beilein was enjoying the peak of the "rollercoaster" - an analogy that he has used all season.
The Michigan Daily andrew_reid 2009
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- entourage NEEDS to be longer than the sorry 22-27 minutes a week we get. and they better get some good arc's going, because the vince rollercoaster is getting old.
Page 2 | /Film 2008
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That rollercoaster is fine — and often good for those of us in the arts — but you have to be aware you’re riding it.
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Morse hit .289/.352/.519 with 15 home runs in 293 plate appearances last year, and this spring he has only validated the best season of what Morse called a "rollercoaster" career.
Michael Morse claiming Nationals' left field position, center remains open 2011
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By If there's any anthropomorphic videogame critter mascot best suited to be turned into a rollercoaster, it has to be only anthropomorphic videogame critter mascot suited to become a rollercoaster, which is why the Alton Towers amusement park in Staffordshire, England did well to choose him.
1UP RSS feed 2010
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By If there's any anthropomorphic videogame critter mascot best suited to be turned into a rollercoaster, it has to be only anthropomorphic videogame critter mascot suited to become a rollercoaster, which is why the Alton Towers amusement park in Staffordshire, England did well to choose him.
1UP RSS feed 2010
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If there's any anthropomorphic videogame critter mascot best suited to be turned into a rollercoaster, it has to be only anthropomorphic videogame critter mascot suited to become a rollercoaster, which is why the Alton Towers amusement park in Staffordshire, England did well to choose him.
Evil Avatar 2010
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The rollercoaster is the only one of its kind in the southern hemisphere, carnival manager Shane McGrath said, it has a 27 metre tower which sends the rollercoaster down a vertical slope before it speeds through a loop.
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If there's any anthropomorphic videogame critter mascot best suited to be turned into a rollercoaster, it has to be only anthropomorphic videogame critter mascot suited to become a rollercoaster, which is why the Alton Towers amusement park in Staffordshire, England did well to choose him.
Evil Avatar 2010
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