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bowled

verb

past tense of bowl
1
as in flowed
to move or proceed smoothly and readily bowling along in my spiffy new car

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2
as in raced
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 bowled In the same fifth over, Shafique was bowled without scoring, and Robinson had 2-2 at that point. — ABC News, 30 Aug. 2026 For just the eighth time in history, a side won a Test in England with fewer than 1,000 balls bowled. — Ben Jones aug. 26, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bowled
  1. flowed
  2. raced
  3. sailed
  4. sped
  5. drifted
  6. traveled
  7. swept
  8. rushed
Verb
  • Private investment is growing—more than $14 billion flowed into nature in 2025—but remains nowhere close to the scale required.
    — Marcene Mitchell, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Tears and emotions flowed after the game as Lewis’ family embraced the team.
    — Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of flowed
Verb
  • Three plays later, Watson took a handoff and raced for a 14-yard touchdown.
    — Matt Murschel, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Diaby intercepted a pass in the attacking third, raced to the edge of the penalty box and blasted a rising shot into the net to cap the scoring in the 63rd minute.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of raced
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  • The family sailed on the Lusitania in 1914, a year before a German torpedo sank the ship and killed nearly twelve hundred people.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Wearing a headband and a hard look, Chen took a breath and sailed over a man and two motorcycles.
    — Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of sailed
Verb
  • Their payout timeline is also sped up to two years instead of the previous five.
    — Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Lenexa police are investigating a fatal crash involving a woman who left a medical facility and sped away from officers who were checking on her, a police spokesperson said.
    — Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of sped
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  • Sometime after Lizzie and Emma’s estrangement, Nance and Lizzie also drifted apart, and, in 1916, Nance married fellow actor Alfred Hickman.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026
  • The ones who hesitate, or answer in generalities about market opportunity, are usually the ones where the practice has drifted furthest from its original purpose.
    — Peter Doyle, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of drifted
Verb
  • Technically, there were humans throughout this process, yet according to CNN, the error still travelled remarkably far.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 20 Sep. 2026
  • The bra top style featured rhinestone adornments and a singular strap that traveled down the length of Larsson’s waist.
    — Amina Ayoud, Footwear News, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of traveled
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  • The escalation ended a 2022 ceasefire that largely ended fighting in Yemen's civil war, which started when the Houthis swept in from their mountainous heartland and seized much of northern and central Yemen, including Sanaa, 12 years ago.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Sep. 2026
  • The escalation ended a 2022 ceasefire that largely ended fighting in Yemen’s civil war, which started when the Houthis swept in from their mountainous heartland and seized much of northern and central Yemen, including Sanaa, 12 years ago.
    — Samy Magdy, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of swept
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  • Running back Kenneth Walker rushed up the middle only to find a wall, then kicked the run outside to the left and dashed up the sideline for a 60-yard touchdown.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Carter slid inside and Thibodeaux rushed from the edge on third-and-5 late in the first half.
    — Dan Duggan, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of rushed

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“Bowled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bowled. Accessed 23 Sep. 2026.

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