1
as in to flow
to move or proceed smoothly and readily
bowling along in my spiffy new car
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2
as in to race
to proceed or move quickly
bowled through the test and was the first one to hand in the booklet
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Recent Examples of bowl
Kathryn Gregory, Louisville Courier Journal, 10 Nov. 2025
Their losing streak is at six and their bowl hopes on hanging by a string.
—Erick Smith, USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025
Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 26 Oct. 2025
Fill a clean sink or bowl with lukewarm water and a squirt of a gentle detergent to soften the fabric.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 21 Oct. 2025
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Noun
In a separate bowl, whisk the eggs; slowly add the buttermilk and bacon fat.
—Kathryn Gregory, Louisville Courier Journal, 10 Nov. 2025
Their losing streak is at six and their bowl hopes on hanging by a string.
—Erick Smith, USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025
Verb
After Funke guided Dexter Southfield into the red zone, senior running back Lamarri Sanchez-Colemnan bowled his way to paydirt with a one-yard touchdown rush, as Dexter Southfield pulled ahead for the first time all night with a 22-14 lead.
—Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 26 Oct. 2025
Fill a clean sink or bowl with lukewarm water and a squirt of a gentle detergent to soften the fabric.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 21 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bowl
Noun
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Their 14,700-capacity stadium has plenty of old-school charm but badly needs modernisation.—
Dermot Corrigan,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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This month, Johnston will wrap up a contentious and tight budget season and battle through some of the final votes on the city’s deal to bring a women’s soccer team — and stadium — to the Baker neighborhood.—
Elliott Wenzler,
Denver Post,
8 Nov. 2025
Verb
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People pour in from the dense warrens of India’s financial capital and from dusty villages thousands of kilometers away, all flowing towards the fortified, sea-facing Mumbai home of actor Shah Rukh Khan.—
Rhea Mogul,
CNN Money,
9 Nov. 2025
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Walk through the front door and the layout flows uninterrupted into multiple living areas highlighted by warm cherry wood accents, fine architectural details and an abundance of natural light.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
8 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Like me — a reluctant movie guy who never liked racing, and now somehow has three racecars.—
Chris Cardillo,
Rolling Stone,
5 Nov. 2025
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Toyota already has a rich history racing those events in truck/car classes, so why not stamp its name on a separate page of the books?—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
5 Nov. 2025
Noun
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From the field, the Sooners acknowledged their travel party in the coliseum’s highest heights.—
David Ubben,
New York Times,
2 Nov. 2025
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The row of homes in the Queen Anne style had emerged in an era when architects were starting to be seen as artists and were lauded for putting designs together like collagists, plucking chimneys from a medieval village and arches from a Roman coliseum.—
Adriane Quinlan,
Curbed,
7 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Use your hands to brush off or shake excess soil from the roots.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
5 Nov. 2025
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The skewers of meat brushed with soy and roasted over coals on Belém’s streets arrived with Japanese migration to the region from the 1930s onward.—
Michael Snyder,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Researchers also discovered that dark energy had not always been dominant, appearing to begin its rule and start speeding up the expansion of the universe around 5 billion years ago, or roughly 9 billion years after the Big Bang.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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The vehicle reportedly sped into a shopping plaza, where the incident — captured on video — unfolded.—
Bonny Chu , Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
6 Nov. 2025
Verb
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The nozzle pours a thick stream of concrete while gliding precisely on its course, stacking each layer, one after another, about an inch thick.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacbee.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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China has deployed and tested hypersonic glide vehicles and road-mobile systems, such as the DF-17/DF-ZF family, which are typically characterized as gliding at Mach 5–10 and designed to complicate missile-defense engagement.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Mahomes spent the game on his backside, hurried or outright hit by rushers 15 times in all.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
3 Nov. 2025
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But hurry — the sale ends November 5.—
Jacqueline Tempera,
PEOPLE,
1 Nov. 2025
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“Bowl.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bowl. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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