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as in pacifist
a person who opposes war or warlike policies
the doves were in favor of using the surplus to improve the nation's schools and not its weapons systems
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as in angel
an innocent or gentle person
he's a dove who wouldn't hurt a fly
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Recent Examples of dove
Trevor Tamura dove for the volleyball to keep it from hitting the sand.
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Rachel Hale, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2026
Hunting was allowed only from noon to sunset and the 15-bird daily bag limit prevented the harvest of more than two mourning and white-tipped doves apiece.
—Matt Wyatt, Houston Chronicle, 26 Mar. 2026
First, many Iran doves seriously underestimated the risks and costs of attempting to coexist with the regime.
—Jamie McIntyre, The Washington Examiner, 26 Mar. 2026
Stamp the snow down under the feeder to accommodate ground-feeding birds such as doves and dark-eyed juncos.
—Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2026
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Rachel Hale, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2026
Hunting was allowed only from noon to sunset and the 15-bird daily bag limit prevented the harvest of more than two mourning and white-tipped doves apiece.
—Matt Wyatt, Houston Chronicle, 26 Mar. 2026
First, many Iran doves seriously underestimated the risks and costs of attempting to coexist with the regime.
—Jamie McIntyre, The Washington Examiner, 26 Mar. 2026
Stamp the snow down under the feeder to accommodate ground-feeding birds such as doves and dark-eyed juncos.
—Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dove
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The Anabaptists were a radical nonconformist sect that took the egalitarian, pacifist, and renunciatory injunctions of the Bible seriously and tried to organize communal living, before being ruthlessly persecuted by the authorities and other Protestant sects.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
25 Mar. 2026
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Still, Bale has a couple of nice moments as Mandras, a Greek fisherman who loses his fiancée (Penelope Cruz) to a mandolin-playing pacifist (Cage, of course) but, all told, is pretty reasonable about it.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
7 Mar. 2026
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If Agarwal’s tech backers — like Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan and angel investor Ron Conway — pour money into his efforts, Khanna could face his biggest contest yet.—
Grace Hase,
Mercury News,
12 Apr. 2026
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This name honors an angel in the Jewish faith.—
Lydia Wang,
Parents,
12 Apr. 2026
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Lanolin is a deeply moisturizing oil naturally occurring in sheep's wool, humanely (and cruelty-free) sourced by Australian sheep farmers.—
Tory Johnson,
ABC News,
13 Apr. 2026
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Crofting and sheep farming set the daily rhythms, but there’s also a strict church calendar.—
Cressida Leyshon,
New Yorker,
12 Apr. 2026
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The Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and much of the Iranian security hierarchy, would not survive the first day of bombing; neither would about a hundred and seventy-five innocents in the southern city of Minab, most of them children.—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
21 Mar. 2026
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As Archangel Michael, Devyn Wade is both boyishly sweet and terrified as a devil’s advocate, cautiously questioning God’s decisions and her history of killing the innocent.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Mar. 2026
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Or the mood might call for ripping into smoky lamb shoulder, rubbed with baharat (Lebanese seven spice) and rendered to a consistency somewhere wonderfully between melty and ropy.—
Bill Addison,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Apr. 2026
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Other dishes are just confusing, like Rhoda’s squid ink-heavy plate, or poorly cooked, like Oscar’s overdone lamb.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
7 Apr. 2026
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“Dove.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dove. Accessed 16 Apr. 2026.
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