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bowel

[bau-uhl, baul] / ˈbaʊ əl, baʊl /




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Prostate cancer diagnoses have quadrupled in people under 50 since 2001, while cases of bowel, kidney and uterine cancers have more than doubled, the paper reports.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

People who are more active generally tend to have healthier bowel function, while prolonged inactivity is often associated with slower digestion.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 5, 2026

Megan Bamford believes cutting out UPFs from her diet has helped her manage irritable bowel syndrome and chronic pain.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

Published in Science, the findings may help explain why people with inflammatory bowel disease can experience sudden flare-ups even after reaching remission.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026

Tessie who secretly monitored her children’s bowel movements and so of course knew exactly how greasy American foods could disrupt their digestion.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

Then, over the weekend, the brand found itself in a messy situation: At its Beijing event, the winner lost control of her bowels midrace and completed the challenges while diarrhea was leaking down her legs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Eventually John meets his fate by falling through a portal into an abandoned mall, then following signs directing him to a manager’s office hidden in its bowels.

From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026

“For a program that’s been around since 2013, it was shocking that you’d come across its cancellation, effectively, in the corner of the bowels of a subpage of the internet.”

From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026

It’s making fun of yourself in a way — like some old Victorian actor in the bowels of the theater taking his makeup off and wondering what it all means.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

He was in the dripping, reeking bowels of the earth.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

He lightly runs to earth the quaint   Red worm and, deftly troweling,   He makes it with his boweling Familiarly acquaint.

From Black Beetles in Amber by Ambrose Bierce




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