flow

Example Sentences

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If energy infrastructure has been significantly impaired, there will be less oil and gas to flow through the strait.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

The key is the payout ratio—the dividend compared with a company’s net income or free cash flow.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

That order can now dictate the flow of oil, as well as that of fertilizer ahead of the planting season and critical components in the artificial-intelligence race.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

The river flow has declined dramatically over the last quarter-century during a megadrought worsened by climate change.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

“Lake Cabora Bassa. The Musengezi used to flow into the Zambezi River until the Portuguese dammed it up. Now the Zambezi’s become a huge lake. You can’t even see across it.”

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer