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bowl

noun as in hollow, concave container

verb as in roll a ball down a lane

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By fielding a five-man pace attack at Perth Stadium, England recorded their fastest collective day of bowling in Test cricket on the opening day of the series.

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Now the Eagles get a bye next week before they are expected to face Concord De La Salle in the CIF Open Division state championship bowl game on Dec. 13 at Saddleback College.

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"The way that we bowled in the first innings ... and we ended up putting a score on the board that we believed was definitely defendable," he said.

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Hazlewood missed the first Test with a hamstring injury and, like Cummins, has been bowling in the nets in Sydney this week.

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Every September, a festival here known as “Carpathians on the Fork,” features a hot-tub-size pot of soup that simmers overnight; locals queue up the next day for bowls in the city square.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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