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Recent Examples of calveTwo thousand feet above, an ice block the size of a suburban house calved off the cliff and careened down, breaking apart and spewing destruction in every direc- tion.—Maya Silver, Outside Online, 20 Apr. 2025 During calving season, the whales migrate south to give birth in the warmer waters off the Carolinas, Georgia and Florida, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.—Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 24 Mar. 2025 For years, researchers have been hoping Curlew and Koala will calve, but neither 14-year-old Curlew nor 16-year-old Koala have ever calved, according to the New England Aquarium’s North Atlantic right whale catalog.—Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 24 Mar. 2025 The next day is spent in Glacier Bay, an International World Heritage Site since 1992, where guests are likely to see electric blue glaciers calving.—Bailey Berg, AFAR Media, 18 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for calve
More than 13 years after co-creating Chicago Fire and thus helping sire the popular #OneChicago Universe, Derek Haas was looking to break free of the broadcast procedural formula, with Prime Video‘s Countdown.
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Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
20 June 2025
In summary, King Henry VIII, desperate to sire a son, sought to divorce his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, and marry Anne Boleyn.
Good will begets good will, and respect begets respect.
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Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
28 June 2025
The result is an inequitable cycle where wealth begets opportunity and opportunity begets more wealth — leaving others trapped in debt and diminished prospects.
Watching Baby Elephant Seals At Point Reyes National Seashore
March marks the final weeks of elephant seal pupping season, which means this is the time when visitors can see the most baby seals on the beaches of Point Reyes National Seashore.
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Emese Maczko,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
Visiting Point Reyes in spring coincides with the final weeks of elephant seal pupping season, meaning the highest number of pups on the beaches.
After Trump abruptly ended negotiations on Friday with Canada over that country’s new digital service tax—a 3% charge on foreign tech companies for revenue generated from Canadian users—the Canadian government decided over the weekend to rescind the tax.
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Megan Poinski,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
Instead, the character inspired by her own love story is played by Hacks star Megan Stalter, with a cast of up-and-comers rounding out the ensemble of the Netflix comedy-drama that’s sure to generate plenty of conversation.
Manon discovers that her mother, Joséphine, had been institutionalized years earlier by Arnaud to keep her from revealing that Mathieu fathered a child with Nadia.
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Isabella Wandermurem,
Time,
9 July 2025
Johnson's children, fathered by her uncle, were found living in squalor, unable to walk or speak and suffering from severe malnutrition.
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