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verb

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of hive
Noun
That’s when people notice chronic hives that appear without an identifiable reason. Taylor Lane, Flow Space, 23 July 2025 Detroit City Distillery’s first collaboration with Bees in the D was in 2019 with its Honey Bourbon made with honey harvested from hives atop the distillery’s historic building in Eastern Market. Susan Selasky, Freep.com, 9 Aug. 2025 Discover what to expect and how to manage your hive in your second year of beekeeping. Joe Rassel, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Aug. 2025 Exposure to droplets of the water for people can cause a rash, hives, red eyes, wheezing, coughing and shortness of breath. Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 5 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hive
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hive
Noun
  • The tension reflects a market in transition: Bitcoin maturing into a mainstream asset with declining volatility, and Ethereum emerging as the speculative playground for traders seeking risk.
    Bloomberg, Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2025
  • In November 2023, a playground that’s accessible for children with disabilities was dedicated to the missing 6-year-old at Clyde Pittman Park in Everman.
    Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • First responders swarmed the area to help the passengers, some of whom were ejected or trapped.
    Nic Anderson, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2025
  • In front of her, microphones and cameras swarm her face.
    Neda Maghbouleh August 18, Literary Hub, 18 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • One such label includes Seventh Avenue Brand, which is based in New Orleans, Louisiana, one of the nation’s formative hotbeds of creativity.
    Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 26 Aug. 2025
  • The draw will be the highlight of the tournament for an area of the country that is one of the hotbeds for soccer in the US.
    Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Basques began settling in Northern Nevada during the silver and gold rush, herding sheep and cattle and living off the land.
    Michael Moberly, Saveur, 13 Aug. 2025
  • LuPone remembers her mother herding her and her older twin brothers, Bobby and Billy, into a car and driving to a nearby town.
    Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
Noun
  • The university’s lively downtown district is a hot spot for both student activity and petty crime.
    Sarah Rumpf-Whitten , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 18 Aug. 2025
  • Working with a no-nonsense district commander, its 1997-2001 West Side Drug Area Shutdown program mobilized Austin residents to report public drug-dealing directly to police, who cleared hot spots and kept them clear with resident reports.
    Steve Sewall, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • López remembers when Plaza Fiesta was so popular visitors flocked here from other states across the Southeast.
    Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2025
  • But in North Carolina on Aug. 19, surfers flocked to the coast.
    Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The cafés and restaurants here are bustling and full, the cultural venues are sold out, the parks and museums and landmarks bask in the winter sun, thronged with people.
    Rachel Cusk, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2025
  • The start of the first Test between two of cricket’s powerhouses is only an hour away and the streets outside Headingley are thronged.
    Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 22 June 2025
Noun
  • Here, however, the child offers a kernel to his mother.
    Demir Alp, JSTOR Daily, 29 Aug. 2025
  • In each one of those episodes, there is a kernel of brilliant, blinding truth, and that’s what makes great satire.
    Jordan Moreau, Variety, 28 Aug. 2025

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“Hive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hive. Accessed 2 Sep. 2025.

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