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Recent Examples of calve
Late May to mid-June is calving season for Colorado’s growing moose population, state officials said Wednesday.
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Katie Langford, Denver Post, 28 May 2025
As the whales migrate each year from calving grounds near Florida to foraging grounds near New England, they are often struck by passing boats or entangled in fishing gear, which can hurt or kill them.
—Nate Iglehart, Christian Science Monitor, 21 May 2025
In a small theater, the three-channel video installation shows slow-moving rivers of fiery lava, surging oceans and calving glaciers alongside close-ups of people staring at the camera, hugging and moving gracefully.
—Alina Tugend, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2025
White boulders shape-shifted in the twilight, and the sound of a calving glacier ricocheted like a gunshot between the mountains.
—Chloe Berge, Travel + Leisure, 13 Mar. 2025
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Katie Langford, Denver Post, 28 May 2025
As the whales migrate each year from calving grounds near Florida to foraging grounds near New England, they are often struck by passing boats or entangled in fishing gear, which can hurt or kill them.
—Nate Iglehart, Christian Science Monitor, 21 May 2025
In a small theater, the three-channel video installation shows slow-moving rivers of fiery lava, surging oceans and calving glaciers alongside close-ups of people staring at the camera, hugging and moving gracefully.
—Alina Tugend, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2025
White boulders shape-shifted in the twilight, and the sound of a calving glacier ricocheted like a gunshot between the mountains.
—Chloe Berge, Travel + Leisure, 13 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for calve
Verb
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Bowie recently sired a calf there, making Fort Worth Zoo elephant matriarch Rasha a great-grandmother.—
Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
26 Sep. 2025
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The brother lions sired several cubs over their long reign at the zoo.—
Devoun Cetoute,
Miami Herald,
5 Sep. 2025
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Even after 30 years, during which The Golden Compass became a trilogy, His Dark Materials, which begat a second trilogy, The Book of Dust—collectively selling something like 50 million copies—Pullman’s books retain an idiosyncratic spikiness.—
Lev Grossman,
The Atlantic,
23 Oct. 2025
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The age-old value proposition of indie filmmaking — that landing acceptance to a prestigious festival begets a sale to a distributor that pays off your debts and puts your movie in front of a massive audience — is flimsier than ever.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
22 Oct. 2025
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And in this year’s Superman, the sidekick pup Krypto was a digital version of director James Gunn’s own dog, Ozu, scanned for the role.—
Katie Kilkenny,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Oct. 2025
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According to Garro, Prada thrived under her care, enjoying her favorite foods—ravioli with the tomato sauce washed off and pup cups from coffee shops—and loved being carried everywhere.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Oct. 2025
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Owners can help the process by giving them a whelping box.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Apr. 2025
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The alpha male was a foster, and his mate whelped — or gave birth — during the same week, making the pack an ideal candidate to receive pups.—
Hayleigh Evans,
The Arizona Republic,
29 July 2024
Verb
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In an update, the National Hurricane Center confirmed that the storm was traveling at 12 mph while generating wind speeds of 115 mph.—
Gabrielle Rockson,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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The move dovetailed with its goal to generate 30% of its annual revenues from content produced in other languages aside from Spanish.—
Anna Marie de la Fuente,
Variety,
29 Oct. 2025
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Just before Thursday’s taping Pence and Emanual met outside the greenroom, and each greeted each other warmly, quickly asking each other questions about their kids before anything else, while kidding with each other about a long unpaid bet.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
10 Oct. 2025
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Okay, kidding about that last part.—
Elizabeth Logan,
Glamour,
7 Oct. 2025
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Even minor parks or embers might be carried into leaves or grass, kindling a fire that can swiftly expand.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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While Martin Scorsese called it one of the scariest movies of all time, The Uninvited kindles a wonderful romance between Rick and Stella.—
Steven Thrash,
Entertainment Weekly,
25 Oct. 2025
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Phoebe's latest was fathered by Sabu, an elephant located at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden, who previously had a temporary stay in Columbus.—
Gabrielle Rockson,
PEOPLE,
24 Oct. 2025
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Raskob was an auto executive who fathered 13 children and became a wildly ambitious entrepreneur.—
Evan Hughes,
The Atlantic,
20 Oct. 2025
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“Calve.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calve. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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