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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
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.
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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
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
Those doves were not decoration.
—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
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
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
Those doves were not decoration.
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for doves
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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
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The jailhouse tropes extend to Nick’s fellow inmates who sing like angels.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
15 Apr. 2026
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Shadows, pink-colored halos, stripes on the moon, and the incandescent glow of the streetlights turned skyward illuminating the row of rooftops populated with what looked like angels holding hands.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 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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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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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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These aren't cakes made of lambs, nor standard sweet cakes iced with pictures of lambs.—
Deena Prichep,
NPR,
4 Apr. 2026
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In preterm lambs, survival time increased from ~18 hours to ~60 hours.—
Srishti Gupta,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Mar. 2026
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“Doves.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doves. Accessed 18 Apr. 2026.
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