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Recent Examples of calve
Anyone photographing or observing wildlife should keep a safe distance, especially during calving season.
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Brooke Baitinger, Sacbee.com, 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
Two 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
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Brooke Baitinger, Sacbee.com, 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
Two 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for calve
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But at the movie’s end, Travis accepts one of the puppies Old Yeller sired before his death.—
Victoria Edel,
People.com,
25 June 2025
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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.—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
20 June 2025
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And like with other Southern stalwarts (think sweet tea and fried chicken), where a taste undoubtedly leads to seconds, one trip to the Smokies always begets a return visit.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
13 Aug. 2025
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Thinking creatures sought out the uranium, coaxed it to beget plutonium, and taught a dead star how to scream out against humanity—twice.—
Charles Pellegrino,
Deadline,
31 July 2025
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Each year from December through March, the National Park Service closes areas in the park where pupping elephant seals congregate.—
Adrian Rodriguez,
The Mercury News,
3 Jan. 2025
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The Seal Society was instrumental in the city’s decision in 2014 to close the beach at La Jolla’s Children’s Pool to the public from Dec. 15 to May 15 annually to keep humans and harbor seals separated during the seals’ pupping season.—
Ashley Mackin Solomon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 July 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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This crossword clue page was generated automatically using information from puzzles.usatoday.com.—
Sally Hoelscher,
USA Today,
18 Aug. 2025
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From orbital factories producing high-value materials to lunar platforms enabled by in-situ resource utilization (ISRU), the use of local materials—such as lunar regolith to build infrastructure, generate fuel or produce oxygen—marks a significant shift.—
Shelli Brunswick,
Forbes.com,
18 Aug. 2025
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And the creators aren't kidding about the show's sci-fi elements.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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There’s also never really a good explanation for why the population of campers has dwindled, beyond Charlie Brown telling Sally that kids her age just want to watch TV instead of heading outdoors for fun.—
Bill Goodykoontz,
AZCentral.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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In addition to this, bosses and parents see you in such a positive way that some of you will kindle a romance with someone in authority.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
13 Aug. 2025
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These innocuous-seeming actions can kindle dry vegetation, potentially spawning a wildfire.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
30 July 2025
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Crowded House shared the video in question to their Facebook page on Saturday (Aug. 9), with the clip featuring AI renditions of TVNZ journalist Simon Dallow and frontman Neil Finn discussing the false claim the musician had fathered a child at the age of 67.—
Tyler Jenke,
Billboard,
14 Aug. 2025
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Pierre would go on to father a daughter, Sarah, with Deborah Margaret Ryland Coyne in 1991.—
Meredith Kile,
People.com,
31 July 2025
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“Calve.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calve. Accessed 29 Aug. 2025.
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