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as in pacifists
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 angels
an innocent or gentle person
he's a dove who wouldn't hurt a fly
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Recent Examples of doves
First, many Iran doves seriously underestimated the risks and costs of attempting to coexist with the regime.
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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
Hawks and doves will continue to compete for influence in both capitals.
—Mehrzad Boroujerdi, The Conversation, 10 Mar. 2026
Mourning doves, chickadees, finches, and sparrows love their nutritious seeds.
—Anne Readel, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Feb. 2026
There, birds sang, mostly sparrows and doves, diving in and out of the hedge.
—Literary Hub, 19 Feb. 2026
In that moment, L’Air du Temps emerged, crowned with two doves frozen in flight.
—Sudhir Gupta, Rolling Stone, 4 Feb. 2026
The stunning display drew gasps from the audience, as the performers moved from creating two doves to joinging together to create one bird around the performers.
—Lydia Price, PEOPLE, 3 Feb. 2026
That makes hawks less likely to support rate cuts, unlike the doves on the committee.
—Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 27 Jan. 2026
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
Hawks and doves will continue to compete for influence in both capitals.
—Mehrzad Boroujerdi, The Conversation, 10 Mar. 2026
Mourning doves, chickadees, finches, and sparrows love their nutritious seeds.
—Anne Readel, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Feb. 2026
There, birds sang, mostly sparrows and doves, diving in and out of the hedge.
—Literary Hub, 19 Feb. 2026
In that moment, L’Air du Temps emerged, crowned with two doves frozen in flight.
—Sudhir Gupta, Rolling Stone, 4 Feb. 2026
The stunning display drew gasps from the audience, as the performers moved from creating two doves to joinging together to create one bird around the performers.
—Lydia Price, PEOPLE, 3 Feb. 2026
That makes hawks less likely to support rate cuts, unlike the doves on the committee.
—Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 27 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for doves
Noun
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All voiceover in the film is detached from the images, from a mixture of unidentified community folk who are content to speak anonymously, and neighboring outsiders perplexed by these out-of-time pacifists.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
21 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Photos of him in frames with hearts and angels wings dotted the shelves.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
26 Mar. 2026
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The lyrics of their earlier tracks are dotted with images of angels and other elements of the divine.—
Colin Joyce,
Pitchfork,
18 Mar. 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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In a key scene, the innocents jump back and forth between dinner parties playing out at the same time despite taking place on successive nights.—
Manuel Mendoza,
Dallas Morning News,
8 Jan. 2026
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The moment has been so baked into America's cultural cake that Tea Party Republicans parroted the phrase, not realizing that the film is a satire of sheep mentality and the man who authored it (screenwriter Paddy Chayefsky) was a political lefty.—
Devan Coggan,
Entertainment Weekly,
15 Mar. 2026
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The farmer manages a male-only herd of sheep.—
Lisa Gutierrez
March 13,
Kansas City Star,
13 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Common types are crabgrass, goosegrass, giant foxtail, smooth pigweed, common lambs quarters, purslane, galinsoga, common ragweed, and tall morning glory.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
14 Mar. 2026
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The handwritten menu changes almost daily, and it’s loaded with traditional dishes like oysters, rillet, confit garlic and goats’ curd on toast, chicken liver parfait, and chargrilled lambs’ hearts.—
Cass Farrar,
Condé Nast Traveler,
3 Mar. 2026
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“Doves.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doves. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.
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