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[floh] / floʊ /




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The success of Brewis's app, and the creation of others like it, suggests the dramatic recent ebb and flow of Westminster may have inspired a popular new sub-genre.

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

Silicon Valley enriched itself with promises that the cyber revolution would mean more freedom and democracy by enabling the flow of information and communication.

From Salon Aug. 14, 2026

That’s due to a massive user base and its ability to convert 90% of its earnings to free cash flow, as advertising also scales up.

From MarketWatch Aug. 13, 2026

Last year, the flow of cheap Chinese clothing forced an Indonesian garment maker to lay off nearly 11,000 workers.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

“She has a cage crinoline that makes her skirt flow out like an enormous bell.”

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan

Heavy rain over several days caused significant flooding along the White River, which flows through Indianapolis and central and southern Indiana.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

RBC commodity strategist Chris Looney has discussed how the recent stabilization in gold flows could be “a function of post-consolidation dip-buying and the market pricing in Iran-related uncertainty.”

From MarketWatch Aug. 13, 2026

“As our data flows through the model ecosystem, we just want to make sure that it is safe and secure from a security standpoint, but also an IP standpoint,” Markus said.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

The Russian agriculture ministry announced on Wednesday that it was working to redirect cargo flows to ports in the Baltic and Caspian Seas as well as land routes.

From BBC Aug. 12, 2026

“Just flows off the tongue, doesn’t it?” said Sydney.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti

Oil-tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, through which about a fifth of global crude and crude products flowed through in peacetime, has ground to a halt in recent days.

From MarketWatch Jul. 29, 2026

For decades, commercial truck traffic between Windsor and Detroit, the heart of the integrated auto industry, has mostly flowed across the Ambassador Bridge.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 26, 2026

Ch Insp Kevin Lacks-Kelly, head of the UK National Wildlife Crime Unit, tells the BBC that money had also flowed into the illegal sport through livestreams for gamblers in China on one or two occasions.

From BBC Jul. 25, 2026

These materials — included in “Let’s Get It On: The Wearable Art of Betye Saar,” at Roberts Projects through Aug. 22 — reveal an artist whose creations all flowed from the same restless imagination.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 15, 2026

The words flowed out clear and easy, even though I trembled hard, I was so scared.

From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce

“With very few exceptions, if things are flowing well, we can wrap something up in a week or two,” Augustin adds about the outfit’s remote recording process.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

Japan's Meteorological Agency said the most recent deluge was brought by warm, humid air flowing into the country's east that combined with cold air above to make atmospheric conditions extremely unstable.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

It raised the OCR three times earlier this year, with the impact of those decisions still flowing through to the economy.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 11, 2026

Infrastructure investments have an important GDP multiplier effect that can foster significant economic growth by keeping basic services available and flowing, Cliquet said.

From MarketWatch Aug. 11, 2026

Sometimes snow melts, smaller bodies of water merge and become strong, flowing river water.

From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes




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