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bowling

Any of several similar games played indoors or outdoors.

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#1·Apr 26, 2026

Any of several similar games played indoors or outdoors.

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  • “Yes- that would have been better! I'm all for the bowling alley idea for inside!”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Chmiel lands 6-4 Ngungo from Angola https://www.europesays.com/africa/219432/ Eugenia Ngungo (BGSU Athletics) Bowling Green State University women’s basketball coach Fred Chmiel has…”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Boxing dreams in Philly, ice hockey drama with that controversial icing call, and cricket's fast bowling firepower 🔥 Your Thursday sport fix sorted! https://teams.ie #IrishSport”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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#2·Apr 26, 2026

A game played by rolling a ball down an alley and trying to knock over a triangular group of ten pins; tenpin bowling/fivepin bowling.

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  • “-Much lower general stress level -fewer bathroom trips -diapers are sensory friendly -comfy ---will definitely need plain work onesies (speaking as a bowling alley mechanic, anyway. it's an active job and i'm always in awkward positions)”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Go into a sports bar around here while a World Series game is on and if it's not the Cubs or Cardinals, there might be one screen with it on. But you'll see bowling, NCCA softball, NFL draft coverage, NASCAR talk, etc. on the screens. DURING THE WORLD SERIES in a sports bar!!!”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Hey! Let's go bowling. Play bowling, and own & customize your very own private suite in Fallout 4! Coming later this year to Creations, for Xbox & PC.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Good morning. I’ve lost 68 pounds. That’s 4.5 bowling balls. I checked.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “KY: Finders Records reopening in Bowling Green / CA: At High Fidelity, music is something you can hold / TX: Yard Sale Records turns up the volume with expansion / NY: The persistence of vinyl / TX: Vintage Mío plays a charitable tune—more.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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#3·Apr 26, 2026

(New England) Candlepin bowling.

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  • “Is that like Bocce or Lawn Bowling? (I love lawn bowling)”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “She’s the same age as Donald Trump We are watching the geriatric shit show in the uSA , we don’t need the same in Canada The Baby Boomers should take up lawn bowling, bridge or shuffleboard and hand over the reigns of power”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Ruturaj Gaikwad holes out to the deep for a 13-ball 6 off Lungi Ngidi's bowling in DC vs CSK IPL 2026 match”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Bro is built like a bowling pin”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Super Bowling Ke Ji (Ch) [!].nes”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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