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as in flow
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as in beam
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as in to flow
to move in a stream
blood streaming out of a wound
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as in to drift
to move or proceed smoothly and readily
cars streaming along the freeway
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Recent Examples of stream
Rhea Mogul,
CNN Money,
26 June 2026
And yet, the endless stream of upbeat posts from foreigners has gone a long way in reframing the bigger picture.
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Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
26 June 2026
Meredith Deliso,
ABC News,
25 June 2026
The series — also available to stream on Disney+ and Hulu — will soon head to Prime Video, where episodes will be available to stream for all Prime Video subscribers from July 1, 2026, per Entertainment Weekly.
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Virginia Chamlee,
PEOPLE,
25 June 2026
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Noun
As for the ongoing New Delhi protest, a steady stream of volunteers keeps the camp running, arriving daily with food, drinking water and other essentials.
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Rhea Mogul,
CNN Money,
26 June 2026
And yet, the endless stream of upbeat posts from foreigners has gone a long way in reframing the bigger picture.
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Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
26 June 2026
Verb
The men, all in their late teens, were allegedly beaten and pistol-whipped by two of the co-defendants, while a third streamed the assault to Arnold and other suspects who were traveling to the apartment, police said.
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Meredith Deliso,
ABC News,
25 June 2026
The series — also available to stream on Disney+ and Hulu — will soon head to Prime Video, where episodes will be available to stream for all Prime Video subscribers from July 1, 2026, per Entertainment Weekly.
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Virginia Chamlee,
PEOPLE,
25 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stream
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Despite the fact that its concrete design is intended to whisk water out of the city as fast as possible, life stubbornly persists in the river and nearby.
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But the rhenium that was bound to the organic carbon gets washed through rivers into the ocean, where it is incorporated into new seabed sediments.
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He Tingbo has explained the logic through the example of Dujiangyan, the ancient irrigation system in Sichuan that solved a water-distribution problem by redirecting flow rather than overpowering it.
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Changes can be large enough to make a well flow at land surface, or to cause a well to go dry near an earthquake.
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Ohashi competed on the balance beam and floor exercise at Saturday’s competition, beginning her effort on beam.
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Ensure your vehicle is visible to others by using low-beam headlights, which also activate your taillights.
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Moist towels soothe necks, mist bottles spray short relief, hand fans flap in overdrive; motorized fans are held up to strangers at cafés, who have resorted to pouring water directly on their chests for cooling.
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When disposing of bleach and other cleaning products, never pour them down the sink.
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There were new sunspots and rivulet lines over her face, like an aerial map.
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His uniform and scalp were lined with glistening rivulets of oil, water, soot and sweat.
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Unlike many marine animals whose larvae or young can drift long distances on ocean currents, walking sharks lay egg cases directly on the seafloor, so their offspring hatch close to where their parents lived.
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These sensors identify signals from induction responses, magnetic flux leakage, stress, corrosion and operational currents.
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Above, rays of light radiate in high relief and sunburst guilloche is visible beneath the vivid hot enamel.
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The Food and Drug Administration has granted breakthrough designation to two devices that use generative AI to interpret chest X-rays and draft the radiology reports typically written by human radiologists.
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Father and son were swept away by a landslide in the city of Arequipa in a neighborhood built directly over an ancient natural watercourse.
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At the same time, there are riparian natives — those that grow along watercourses — which may need regular attention in terms of water needs for many years after planting.
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“Stream.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stream. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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