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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
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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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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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The award organizers also highlighted the Impact Award, which was won by Brazilian photographer Fernando Faciole for his image of an orphaned giant anteater pup following a human caregiver.—
Jack Guy,
CNN Money,
14 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
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Newcastle are level with Everton in big chances created and, as my colleague Chris Waugh explained, have struggled with generating quality opportunities.—
Anantaajith Raghuraman,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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The device can also generate audio alerts warning drivers if there's a dog on a customer's property.—
Annie Palmer,
CNBC,
22 Oct. 2025
Verb
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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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There's a lot of kindling around, and there's a lot of like newspapers that can catch on fire.—
Keith Sharon,
Nashville Tennessean,
21 Oct. 2025
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Still, the hearing last year that reduced his sentence kindled some optimism.—
Amy Yurkanin,
ProPublica,
9 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 29 Oct. 2025.
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