bowl over

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Recent Examples of bowl over He’s now set to become president under Ellison as chairman-CEO, if the Skydance-Paramount deal is approved by regulators — and if controlling shareholder Shari Redstone isn’t bowled over by a better offer that materializes over the next month. Matt Donnelly, Variety, 10 July 2024 Manager Chi Ngo says an average of 500 bowls leave the kitchen a day, and the least busy times are 10 a.m., when the doors open, and between 3 and 6 p.m. Like wine in the glass, pho changes flavor in the bowl over time. Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 26 June 2024 To warm, remove the bowl from your mixture and set the bowl over a pan of simmering water to gently warm the mixture for 1 to 2 minutes, stirring with a whisk during this time. Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 June 2024 The strike also bowled over dozens more cattle gathered around the trailer waiting to eat, Crocket said. Emilee Coblentz, USA TODAY, 29 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for bowl over 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bowl over
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  • But even the most devoted cat lovers might be surprised by the results of a new study.
    Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2024
  • Watch on Hulu At Witt’s End On December 1, 1994, 19-year-old Melissa Witt drove to surprise her mother at a bowling alley in Fort Smith, Arkansas, but disappeared without a trace.
    Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 5 Nov. 2024
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  • The two played four minutes together during one of the Lakers’ six preseason games, a moment that left LeBron James amazed.
    Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024
  • The title signals the jump scare that the image maker hoped would likewise amaze the viewer when the 3D ghost loomed before their very eyes.
    Andrea Kaston Tange, The Conversation, 22 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • The endangered turtle was hypothermic and lethargic, stunned by the chilly waters of Pedder Bay.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Blake Lively stuns in white at the CFDA Fashion Awards on Oct. 28 at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.
    Stephanie Sengwe, People.com, 31 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • Upstart Indiana, who have shocked even the most seasoned college football experts this year with the Hoosiers unblemished 9-0 record, come in at No. 8.
    David Close, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Tens of thousands of people who had invested their savings in the bank lost money, shocking the communist nation and prompting rare protests from the victims.
    Jason Ma, Fortune Asia, 4 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • The handful of locals at Mt. Baldy Lodge eating lunch Tuesday afternoon were startled when someone screamed that the Bridge fire was barreling toward the village.
    Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2024
  • How about experiments on the swimming ability of a dead rainbow trout or that time biologists tried to startle cows by popping paper bags by their heads?
    Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 12 Sep. 2024
Verb
  • The singer-songwriter, who brought her dad, Scott Swift, with her to the game, rocked a plaid dress with thigh-high black boots.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
  • But the youngsters' older siblings took costume ideas into their own hands, with Luna rocking a creepy black-and-red clown look while Miles dressed up and dabbed as DJ Marshmello.
    Jen Juneau, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • That meant those showing up in New Zealand were astonished to discover their task was to climb the New Zealand Fiji Mountains within 14 days.
    Mark Peikert, IndieWire, 29 Sep. 2024
  • Immediately upon being plucked from the proverbial shadows of the backroom studio, Alessandro Michele astonished with his new Gucci, a house reawakened by an intriguing gentility rich with influences from antiquity to today’s urban culture.
    Bridget Foley, WWD, 27 Sep. 2024

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“Bowl over.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bowl%20over. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.

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