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
  • The shepherds were visited by an angel and guided to the infant king.
    Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2025
  • Showrunner Tony Tost was truly an angel, and everyone on board were such freak-ass nerds about TV and cinema, and were so excited to share all these reference points with me, like Colombo.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 July 2025
Noun
  • Gone is the usual array of synthetic materials, replaced with more natural alternatives like a flax-composite shell, corn furniture and sheep's wool upholstery.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 12 July 2025
  • Some of the fields clearly show the benefit of the sheep’s rotational grazing and fertilizing.
    Helen Whybrow July 7, Literary Hub, 7 July 2025
Noun
  • Leave the innocents, the children, the ones who just want to live a simple life, out of the bombing and destruction.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 25 June 2025
  • No acknowledgment of the innocents — including U.S. citizens — swept up in some of the Trump administration’s indiscriminate raids.
    Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2025
Noun
  • Raw chicken kabobs were stored on top of raw lamb in the meat display cooler, violating storage guidelines.
    Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 3 July 2025
  • The menu includes mussels, escargots, duck confit and roasted rack of lamb and the backdrop includes much by which to be entertained.
    Kathryn Gregory, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025

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“Dove.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dove. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.

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