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  Flushing

  noun

  a seaport on Walcheren Island, in the SW Netherlands.
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  flushing

  noun

  an extra feeding given to ewes before mating to increase the lambing percentage

Flushing

American  

[fluhsh-ing] / ˈflʌʃ ɪŋ /

noun

1. Dutch Vlissingen. a seaport on Walcheren Island, in the SW Netherlands.

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Flushing ¹ British  

/ ˈflʌʃɪŋ /

noun

1. Dutch name: Vlissingen. a port in the SW Netherlands, in Zeeland province, on Walcheren Island, at the mouth of the West Scheldt river: the first Dutch city to throw off Spanish rule (1572). Pop: 45 000 (2003 est)

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flushing ² British  

/ ˈflʌʃɪŋ /

noun

1. an extra feeding given to ewes before mating to increase the lambing percentage

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Zverev's parents were not there for his previous final at Flushing Meadows, but his father and coach Alexander senior was on the sidelines this time.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

Turning her ankle during the Cincinnati quarter-finals left the 27-year-old unable to walk for several days afterwards and put her chances of even competing at Flushing Meadows in jeopardy.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

Rodman’s schedule with the Spirit hasn’t allowed her to attend all of Shelton’s matches at Flushing Meadows, but she has been to at least three.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

And if Alcaraz wins again to reach the Flushing Meadows final, the host nation's long wait for somebody to finally follow in Andy Roddick's 2003 footsteps continues.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

The first time she lived in Flushing was decades ago, after leaving London, when she had first settled in America with her husband and two daughters.

From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins

“I just worry that I’m flushing money down the drain a little bit as I kind of pay to a landlord,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

Unfortunately, I seem to be flushing my money away on this problem — or at least that appears to be what the plumbing company would like me to do.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 10, 2026

The indictment also states that Synergy employees knew about the improper use of the flushing pump and "took steps to hide the use" on the Dali and other vessels.

From BBC ● May 12, 2026

The kind of contraction generated by walking moves cerebrospinal fluid out of the brain, leading Drew to hypothesize that the mechanism plays an important role in flushing out excess proteins and other unnecessary material.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2026

I scrambled to gather the letters, my face flushing, but it was too late.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs

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