flow
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Public footpaths and a scheme to slow the flow of the river in heavy rainfall are being planned.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
Saudi Arabia is shifting crude loadings away from its out-of-service Yanbu port, while barrels continue to flow through the Strait of Hormuz under U.S. protection and some Saudi flows have resumed, he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
Their bodies were found close together in the mud flow.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
Goldstein told MarketWatch that investor sentiment depends on Tesla expanding the robotaxi service, “tangible” progress with the Optimus humanoid robots and improving free cash flow.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026
The heat had melted huge sections of glacier, and the water had begun to flow downstream.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
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"This arrangement enabled us to pack in much more ytterbium. In our particles, the light energy coming in flows almost entirely in one direction, inward toward the erbium ions."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
The software can analyze airline schedules and factors such as weather, airport runway capacity and operational constraints to predict air-traffic flows and foresee potential conflicts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Cobbled-together Hormuz flows and even a fully restored East-West pipeline would only marginally help the availability of fuels like gasoline and diesel.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026
Saudi Arabia is shifting crude loadings away from its out-of-service Yanbu port, while barrels continue to flow through the Strait of Hormuz under U.S. protection and some Saudi flows have resumed, he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
One of the Maidens said, “This water flows from the direction of your home llaqta. It will make your skin soft and glowing.”
From "The Ugly One" by Leanne Statland Ellis
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"I went over and introduced myself, and... conversation just flowed," says Mangan, 38, from Ennis, County Clare, about 22 miles southeast of Lisdoonvarna.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
The findings provide the first evidence that liquid has flowed on Pluto in relatively recent times.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026
Once the words came, they flowed cinematically, telling a coast-to-coast coming-of-age story fit for the big screen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
After Talarico’s campaign posted footage of the former president stumping with him at a taco shop this spring, the equivalencies flowed in.
From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2026
They were in the Tuscan itself, the wide, deep river that flowed past Beaverville and Kendra, the two small towns that stood between the island and the coast.
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
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And record donations are flowing into state attorneys general races.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
The U.S. military has provided some protection to tankers moving through the strait hugging Oman’s coast, and ship-to-ship transfers have been a growing way to get crude flowing out of the Middle East again.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
And alongside the sparkling wine, the money is flowing.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
Since LIV arrived, the price of staging top-level tournaments has grown massively, with most of that money flowing into players' pockets.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
Sela and I looked at each other, shy smiles on both sides, my hair pinned up and hers loose and flowing over her shoulders.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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