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
Kyle Feldscher, CNN, 22 Jan. 2025
Ladle stew into bowls and sprinkle evenly with chives.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2025
Tim Ryan, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
Clemson and Miami will present challenges, but Pry should feel good about taking the Hokies bowling again.
—Manny Navarro, The Athletic, 20 Aug. 2024
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Noun
Oh, and of those three teams that made the most noise about not being included, only Mississippi won their bowl game.
—Kyle Feldscher, CNN, 22 Jan. 2025
Ladle stew into bowls and sprinkle evenly with chives.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2025
Verb
Despite their struggles, West Virginia is no stranger to bowl success.
—Tim Ryan, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
Clemson and Miami will present challenges, but Pry should feel good about taking the Hokies bowling again.
—Manny Navarro, The Athletic, 20 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bowl
Noun
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Four years later, in the same stadium, Jackson looked like he might be mired in another regrettable effort.—
Michael Silver,
The Athletic,
20 Jan. 2025
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That’s why the country has two aircraft carriers and a hundred-billion-pound nuclear-weapons program, but the entire British Army could fit inside Manchester United’s soccer stadium, with a few seats to spare.—
Sam Knight,
The New Yorker,
20 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Money flowed away from tanks and submarines and went instead to hospitals and pensions.—
Josh Holder,
New York Times,
25 Jan. 2025
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When temperatures started heating up, ice caps began melting, causing water from the Appalachian Mountains to flow into the Apalachicola River and eventually all the way down to the coast.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
25 Jan. 2025
Verb
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The Night Agent has returned for season 2 and has already raced to the top of Netflix’s charts.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
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The Nets started 1-for-8 from the field and Phoenix raced out to a 9-2 lead with 7:15 left in the first quarter and were up 28-16 entering the second.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
23 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The arena’s gate, for example, stands 6 meters higher than that of the original coliseum to allow for the mast of a boat to enter the space in a pivotal scene.—
Andrés Buenahora,
Variety,
10 Jan. 2025
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What, then, does the sequel bring to the proverbial coliseum?—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
27 Nov. 2024
Verb
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McCourt brushed off the suggestion as outside the parameters of true capitalism.—
Clare Malone,
The New Yorker,
17 Jan. 2025
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Despite attempts to address the issue, the older sister consistently brushed off her concerns.—
Ashley Vega,
People.com,
16 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Once inaugurated, President Trump can speed things along by gathering the remnants of America’s sleepy and fragmented maritime bureaucracy under the umbrella of an empowered and dynamic maritime leader—in a new Cabinet-level post or a high-level Directorship at the National Security Council.—
Craig Hooper,
Forbes,
17 Jan. 2025
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Graphic by Sohail Al-Jamea & David Newcomb The bicycle lane on Stockton Boulevard is barely two feet wide in most places, leaving cyclists a few inches from speeding traffic.—
Ryan Lillis,
Sacramento Bee,
17 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Alex Caruso, who is 6-5, added three steals off the bench, and of course,e Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, an MVP candidate, is a 6-6 point guard who glided his way to 40 points with two steals.—
Joe Vardon,
The Athletic,
17 Jan. 2025
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Alka-Seltzer Plus (1993) Lynch directed two commercials for Alka-Seltzer Plus cold medicine, one of which has a striking balletic opening image of hockey players gliding on a rink in a darkened arena.—
Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
17 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Pope took a series of pictures with her phone, her hands shaking, and hurried back around the house and into her apartment.—
Ian Frisch,
Curbed,
9 Jan. 2025
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Wildfires raged across Southern California on Wednesday, leaving at least two people dead and prompting thousands of evacuations as blazes closed in on Los Angeles neighborhoods like the Pacific Palisades and residents hurried to escape.—
Emily Mae Czachor,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2025
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“Bowl.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bowl. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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