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Recent Examples of calveLate May to mid-June is calving season for Colorado’s growing moose population, state officials said Wednesday.—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 See All Example Sentences for calve
As Southerners always say, kindness begets kindness.
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Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
20 Sep. 2025
Metroid and Castlevania begot the Metroidvania; hell, today, practically every game of any high difficulty gets roped in with soulslikes (referencing Dark Souls).
As much of a character as any of the humans on the series, pup Eddie — played by Jack Russell terrier Moose — lived a long life, dying in 2006 at age 16.
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Kate Hogan,
PEOPLE,
16 Sep. 2025
According to the American Kennel Club, human intervention in breeding and care has made male dogs less essential to pup survival, and in fact, fathers can sometimes be more of a distraction than a help.
The chain is generating the same reaction in Finneytown, a suburban Cincinnati neighborhood where a new Dutch Bros on Winton Road is causing locals to pick sides.
But don’t kid yourself, this thing is about as aerodynamic as a shoebox taped to a cinder block.
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New Atlas,
New Atlas,
27 Sep. 2025
Now, Wilson is showing off his brand's latest back-to-school collection as part of Macy's x Rookie kids fashion show, and his three eldest kids walked the runway.
And in death, their reputations for kindling outrage, whether publishing controversial cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad or stoking viral arguments on college campuses – made defending freedom of speech a national priority.
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Joseph Ataman,
CNN Money,
27 Sep. 2025
These innocuous-seeming actions can kindle dry vegetation, potentially spawning a wildfire.
In June, the singer filed for a temporary restraining order and alleged that Wagner made false claims about living at her property, being in a relationship with her and fathering her child.
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Bryan West,
USA Today,
23 Sep. 2025
Josh O’Connor, at his filthy best, plays a disillusioned ’70s suburban dad married to Alana Haim and vaguely fathering a pair of pathologically chatty sons as the Vietnam War and its attendant protests color the world around them.
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