dove

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Recent Examples of dove Yet whereas Season 1 examined how a political awakening develops, Season 2 dove further into that transformation’s messy effects. Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 14 May 2025 First, a partridge in a pear tree, the next day two turtle doves are sent, followed by three calling birds on day three. Alex Ritman, Variety, 8 May 2025 That may be why the dove became a symbol for the Holy Spirit. Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 5 May 2025 The doves eat seeds and small insects found living in the soil, the conservancy said, and relies on native grass species to provide a habitat for its prey. Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 18 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for dove
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Noun
  • American pacifists and civil rights activists A. J. Muste and Bayard Rustin were part of that group.
    Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 2 June 2025
  • Bloomsbury included pacifists, conscientious objectors, soldiers, and agents of empire.
    Jenny Noyce, JSTOR Daily, 14 May 2025
Noun
  • Following an appearance on the U.K. entrepreneur pitch show Dragons Den - modelled on Shark Tank - the company gained an angel investor (Stephen Bartlett) and a lot of publicity.
    Trevor Clawson, Forbes.com, 29 June 2025
  • Rob Reiner appears, as if from nowhere, as a heroic angel investor who seems heaven sent to help save the Bear.
    Marah Eakin, Vulture, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • The farm’s Dirt Lover cheese (a pure sheep’s milk, bloomy rind cheese with a vegetable ash coating) is a 2025 Community Choice Good Food Award winner.
    Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 30 June 2025
  • This is especially important at a time when the number of sheep in the United States has declined in recent years.
    Nathaniel Trojanoski, Hartford Courant, 28 June 2025
Noun
  • Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague accuse the 80-year-old political patriarch of carrying out a brutal war on drugs that killed possibly thousands of people, including many innocents and bystanders.
    Kathleen Magramo, CNN Money, 17 May 2025
  • Some rights groups say the death toll could be as high as 30,000 with innocents and bystanders often caught in the crossfire.
    Kathleen Magramo, CNN, 12 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Raw chicken kabobs were stored on top of raw lamb inside the meat display cooler, violating proper storage guidelines.
    Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 20 June 2025
  • According to Dermatologists By Brianna Peters A dish of lamb with a fresh herb salad at Ricard Camarena.
    Elizabeth Bennett, Vogue, 20 June 2025

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