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as in flowed
to move or proceed smoothly and readily
bowling along in my spiffy new car
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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
The side have been bowled out 15 times in the last 30 ODIs.
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Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
The 49ers gave third-string center Drake Nugent reps Tuesday at right guard, and he got bowled into quarterback Carter Bradley on a bull rush by defensive tackle Jordan Elliott.
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2025
Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
The 49ers gave third-string center Drake Nugent reps Tuesday at right guard, and he got bowled into quarterback Carter Bradley on a bull rush by defensive tackle Jordan Elliott.
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bowled
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Gas flow also affects stellar initial masses In another study, published in July 2025, astrophysicist Ke-Jung Chen led a research group at the Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics using a detailed computer simulation that modeled how gas in the early universe may have flowed.—
Luke Keller,
Space.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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Waterfalls of tequila flowed from enough bottles to lose count, including those in Aguayo’s group.—
Evan Webeck,
Mercury News,
7 Sep. 2025
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Having only raced four times in her career, this Brad Cox trainee strutted her stuff on August 28 in an allowance race on opening day at this Franklin, Kentucky track.—
Danny Brewer,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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The tone was set on the opening play from scrimmage when defensive back John Nestor picked off a pass and raced 29 yards down the Northwestern State sideline for a touchdown that put the Gophers on top 7-0.—
Frank Rajkowski,
Twin Cities,
6 Sep. 2025
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After leaving Tokyo, the aircraft carrier sailed north and was spotted transiting the Tsugaru Strait on Friday from the Pacific Ocean toward the Sea of Japan.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
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The game took an ugly turn for the Angels in the sixth, when reliever Brock Burke sailed a throw six feet over first baseman Oswald Peraza’s head on Thomas’s inning-opening comebacker, an error that led to an unearned run and a 9-1 A’s lead.—
Mike Digiovanna,
Oc Register,
7 Sep. 2025
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After an earnings beat and a blistering 32% pop on July 30, the stock drifted lower for a month — a normal profit-taking after a vertical move.—
Nishant Pant,
CNBC,
9 Sep. 2025
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The Baileys had drifted almost 1,500 miles, into the dead of summer, when they were rescued by a South Korean fishing boat on June 30, 1973.—
Susan Young,
PEOPLE,
9 Sep. 2025
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Prosecutors sped through four additional witnesses this afternoon.—
Peter Charalambous,
ABC News,
12 Sep. 2025
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From stopwatches to wearables, tech has elevated individuals' experiences through a plethora of on-demand metrics that provide a more holistic view of progress, and the Covid-19 pandemic sped this growth considerably.—
Hamid Farooqui,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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After the shooting, the school was placed in a lockdown and officials swept the campus.—
Alex Stone,
ABC News,
11 Sep. 2025
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That’s more exciting to me than last year, when James swept the fiction categories, with even the Pulitzer board overriding their fiction judges to award the big prize to Percival Everett’s novel.—
Maris Kreizman,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
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In a season-opening 38-21 win over Colorado State, Coleman rushed for 177 yards and two scores after rushing for 1,053 yards and 10 TDs for the Huskies in 2024.—
Joe Davidosn,
Sacbee.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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Harrell rushed six times for -24 yards (sack totals included), including a long of eight yards.—
Hunter Bailey,
Charlotte Observer,
7 Sep. 2025
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With a garland of white flowers in front of him, a lone rower kneeling in a wooden canoe glided toward the DuSable Bridge docks.—
William Tong,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Aug. 2025
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Wearing a green track jacket and pearls, Billie Jean King glided out from behind the bar.—
Emily Bloch,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
12 Aug. 2025
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“Bowled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bowled. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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