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Recent Examples of hive
Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2026
Graduate students and postdoctoral researchers are the worker bees of academia, toiling in labs for years in hopes of one day running their own hive.
—Jonathan Wosen, STAT, 4 Feb. 2026
Each hive operates in temperatures ranging from -4 degrees Farenheit — which may not be enough to brave Michigan’s notoriously frigid winters — to 122 degrees.
—Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 4 Feb. 2026
One of them, though, is a hive of activity.
—Jack Ryan, Bloomberg, 28 Jan. 2026
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Noun
Congress is a hive of low-character performance, full of individuals who have supplanted their responsibilities to the Constitution and the public interest with flagrant careerism.
—Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2026
Graduate students and postdoctoral researchers are the worker bees of academia, toiling in labs for years in hopes of one day running their own hive.
—Jonathan Wosen, STAT, 4 Feb. 2026
Each hive operates in temperatures ranging from -4 degrees Farenheit — which may not be enough to brave Michigan’s notoriously frigid winters — to 122 degrees.
—Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 4 Feb. 2026
One of them, though, is a hive of activity.
—Jack Ryan, Bloomberg, 28 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hive
Noun
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Both were killed on the same playground.—
Gillian Stawiszynski,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
8 Mar. 2026
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On Thursday, a US-Israeli strike hit a playground and an emergency center in Shiraz, killing 20, including two Red Crescent Society emergency workers, the society said.—
Kara Fox,
CNN Money,
6 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The basketball team swarmed the trio after their performance.—
Marisa Ingemi,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Mar. 2026
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Silva didn’t attempt a field goal in the first three quarters due to West Virginia’s swarming defense.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The long-term prospects of the war don’t spell improvement for the hotbed, with a report from Reuters indicating drone attacks could disrupt the Strait of Hormuz for months.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
5 Mar. 2026
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Patrolling a ‘hotbed’ of congestion, rage On Sunday afternoons, Ada County Sheriff’s Deputy Jeremy Seibert likes to position his patrol motorcycle along the rocky curves of Idaho 55.—
Rose Evans
Updated March 3,
Idaho Statesman,
3 Mar. 2026
Verb
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In June last year, a shepherd in Chebaa, south Lebanon, named Mohammad Kanaan was herding cattle with his two sons when an Israeli drone strike targeted them.—
Justin Salhani,
The Dial,
5 Mar. 2026
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Three men, hooded and shackled, were herded onto the stage.—
Anand Gopal,
New Yorker,
28 Feb. 2026
Noun
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But this isn’t the only historical hot spot Styles is focused on.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
6 Mar. 2026
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Indochine was just a hot spot that was big amongst the fashion crowd.—
Kyle Beechey,
Condé Nast Traveler,
6 Mar. 2026
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Apartments cheaper than cars Some are flocking to places like Hegang, a cold and remote coal mining city in northeastern China famous for shockingly cheap housing prices.—
Albee Zhang,
Fortune,
2 Mar. 2026
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In January, 1976, at the start of the Bicentennial Congress, politicians flocked to the National Statuary Hall to watch the opening of the exterior steel door.—
Jill Lepore,
New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The entry to the exhibition itself was thronged, and the guard standing behind a velvet rope was letting people drip in a few at a time.—
Nicole Krauss,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Feb. 2026
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On Tuesday, the monks made stops at American University and the Washington National Cathedral for an interfaith conversation where thousands thronged to hear Pannakara speak.—
Deepa Bharath,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Vote counting would begin immediately after the ballot boxes are collected and transported to counting centers across the Himalayan nation, which could be as early as Thursday night.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Mar. 2026
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Astronomers captured the most detailed image yet of our galaxy’s center.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN Money,
6 Mar. 2026
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“Hive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hive. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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