Bowen

American

[boh-uhn] / ˈboʊ ən /

noun

Catherine (Shober) Drinker 1897–1973, U.S. biographer and essayist.
Elizabeth (Dorothea Cole), 1899–1973, Anglo-Irish novelist and short-story writer.

Bowen British

/ ˈbəʊən /

noun

Elizabeth ( Dorothea Cole ). 1899–1973, British novelist and short-story writer, born in Ireland. Her novels include The Death of the Heart (1938) and The Heat of the Day (1949)

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Australia's climate minister Chris Bowen said the money would "help these countries adjust to climate change, particularly focused on the coastlines with erosion, with rising sea levels".

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

Bowen Yang extended his run on “SNL” as his star was quickly rising in projects like “Wicked” and the “Las Culturistas Culture Awards,” but left midway through Season 51.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

“We didn’t have a reason to believe he had done it for sure,” Bowen would later testify, “or we didn’t feel he was the right person.”

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

Bowen adds that the Chinese have demonstrated "space tug capability", saying: "A vehicle can go up to a satellite, can grapple it and move it into a different orbit."

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

The tone suggested that Bowen Marsh knew where he would put them.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

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