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Recent Examples of bovine
The group is also planning a bovine airlift — one of its signature moves — of 30,000 dairy cows from the US to Algeria.
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Kelsey Warner,
semafor.com,
19 May 2026
Studies of flies found on dairy farms and cattle ranches have shown that these insects are major spreaders of pathogens like salmonella, Moraxella bovis (pinkeye), and spreadable pathogens of bovine respiratory disease.
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Idaho Statesman,
16 Apr. 2026
Cases of bovine tuberculosis were recently confirmed in Northern Lower Michigan, with the infected animals detected within a dairy herd in Charlevoix County.
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Paula Wethington,
CBS News,
23 Feb. 2026
This type of collagen lets your organs keep their shape and structural integrity and is found in bovine collagen.
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Bestreviews,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Feb. 2026
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Kelsey Warner,
semafor.com,
19 May 2026
Studies of flies found on dairy farms and cattle ranches have shown that these insects are major spreaders of pathogens like salmonella, Moraxella bovis (pinkeye), and spreadable pathogens of bovine respiratory disease.
—
Idaho Statesman,
16 Apr. 2026
Cases of bovine tuberculosis were recently confirmed in Northern Lower Michigan, with the infected animals detected within a dairy herd in Charlevoix County.
—
Paula Wethington,
CBS News,
23 Feb. 2026
This type of collagen lets your organs keep their shape and structural integrity and is found in bovine collagen.
—
Bestreviews,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bovine
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The thickset Armand Assante was a phlegmatic Odysseus, but Greta Scacchi, as Penelope—who has so little to say in the poem—became the physical embodiment of anger, and Isabella Rossellini was a teasing Athena.
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Shinichi Atobe’s arresting house and techno beams with inimitable candor, built from bright, phlegmatic loops that run on an eccentric internal logic.
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Many Labour members hope Burnham’s people skills and charisma can connect with the public more than the stolid, managerial Starmer could ever do.
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Many Labor members hope Burnham’s people skills and charisma can connect with the public more than the stolid, managerial Starmer could ever do.
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Unlike the coolly impassive Pop artists, the Who weren’t afraid to get personal, or to let their art echo the anxious, kinky, maladjusted yammering in their own heads.
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Her face remained impassive even as tears formed and began to travel down her cheek.
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The historians noted that the plaques are not a dispassionate museum display.
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As a result, many Stasi workers had grown disillusioned and dispassionate.
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The challenge lies in intelligent people learning to direct and explain this behavior to avoid being perceived as indifferent.
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Alex Lock, a communications officer at the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, asked people to resist feeling indifferent.
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They got approved for a mortgage on a £150,000 (about $198,441) two-bedroom, semi-detached house in Seaham, England.
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Olise has purposefully cultivated a kind of detached non-persona.
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Tired of trying to come off cool and aloof on dates?
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The design is still in progress, and while NJ Transit has joined Amtrak in shaping the latest proposal, the MTA remains sulkily aloof.
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“Bovine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bovine. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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