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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
First baseman Jake Burger dove to stop the ball but to no avail.
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Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 28 Apr. 2025
Local and regional community members gathered for a Memorial Day ceremony, which included a dove release, held on May 26 in the Veterans Honor Courtyard at La Colonia Community Center in Solana Beach.
—Del Mar Times, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 May 2025
Those skills apparently translate fairly easily into urban environments, where Cooper’s hawks flit amid trees and concrete landscapes, stalking city pigeons and doves.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 23 May 2025
There will be speakers, a wreath presentation, dove release, torpedo display, patriotic music and more.
—Kari Barnett, Sun Sentinel, 22 May 2025
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Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 28 Apr. 2025
Local and regional community members gathered for a Memorial Day ceremony, which included a dove release, held on May 26 in the Veterans Honor Courtyard at La Colonia Community Center in Solana Beach.
—Del Mar Times, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 May 2025
Those skills apparently translate fairly easily into urban environments, where Cooper’s hawks flit amid trees and concrete landscapes, stalking city pigeons and doves.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 23 May 2025
There will be speakers, a wreath presentation, dove release, torpedo display, patriotic music and more.
—Kari Barnett, Sun Sentinel, 22 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dove
Noun
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American pacifists and civil rights activists A. J. Muste and Bayard Rustin were part of that group.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
2 June 2025
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Bloomsbury included pacifists, conscientious objectors, soldiers, and agents of empire.—
Jenny Noyce,
JSTOR Daily,
14 May 2025
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Smart angels outside Silicon Valley would do better to avoid such instruments.—
Dileep Rao,
Forbes.com,
17 June 2025
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Also on deck for Lionsgate are Good Fortune starring Keanu Reeves as a meddlesome angel along with Seth Rogen and Aziz Ansar and Hunger Games helmer Francis Lawrence’s Stephen King adaptation, The Long Walk.—
Nancy Tartaglione,
Deadline,
17 June 2025
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Advertisement Read more: How Netanyahu Pushed Trump Toward War That day, a shepherd posted cell phone footage of an Israeli C-130 low in the sky over Syria, sheep bells clanking over the roar of the engines.—
Karl Vick,
Time,
19 June 2025
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In the first of two clips, four sheep enter via a set of large, wide-open folding glass doors.—
Colson Thayer,
People.com,
17 June 2025
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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
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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
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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
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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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“Dove.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dove. Accessed 27 Jun. 2025.
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