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Recent Examples of hive
Alyssa N. Salcedo, jsonline.com, 20 Feb. 2026
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
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Noun
Next to Alamo's dove, others drew people embracing, bees flying towards their hive, neighbors tending to a garden.
—Alyssa N. Salcedo, jsonline.com, 20 Feb. 2026
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hive
Noun
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Shrieks and laughter punctuated the air as the kids raced around the playground.—
Ava Berger,
NPR,
28 Mar. 2026
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There is a piazza that is also a fountain, and a playground that is also a theater.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
27 Mar. 2026
Verb
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In the lunchroom on Tuesday, other third-graders swarmed Aura for autographs.—
Ava Berger,
NPR,
28 Mar. 2026
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The slower movement had a swarming, rich sound.—
Sheila Regan,
Twin Cities,
28 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Milan is now a hotbed of vintage activity.—
Selene Oliva,
Vogue,
26 Mar. 2026
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It’s made Florida the hotbed for basketball.—
Buddy Collings,
The Orlando Sentinel,
25 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The pair were able to catch the sheep after herding it into a fenced area, Knicely’s email said.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Mar. 2026
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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
Noun
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Virginia, the nation’s data center hot spot, is considering legislation to shift more of the cost of service to the large computing centers.—
Judith Kohler,
Denver Post,
26 Mar. 2026
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Be sure to keep your counters and floors clean and free of crumbs so insects don’t view your home as a hot spot.—
Caden Perry,
jsonline.com,
24 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Locals flocking to the barrels Micromorphological observations and analysis showed that burying these barrels would have prevented them from freezing and would have preserved its chemical state before mixing it with sand and water, according to Heritage Daily.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Mar. 2026
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Millions of people flock to the Smithsonian's two air and space museums in Washington and their affiliates at major NASA heritage sites in Texas and Florida each year.—
Sarah D. Wire,
USA Today,
23 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The quayside, now planted with fast-maturing plane trees and creeper climbing the sandstone walls, is thronged on any sunny day with joggers, walkers and their dogs.—
Marie Patino,
Bloomberg,
20 Mar. 2026
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In mere hours, central Madrid’s historic coffee spot, Café Comercial, will be thronged with content creators, micro-influencers and ‘cool kids’ attending the first in a rolling series of YSL Beauty activations, each envisioned as a block party.—
Joe Bobowicz,
Vogue,
20 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Texas had subbed 7-foot center Matas Vokietaitis out of the game with 11 seconds left after Boilermakers big man Oscar Cluff had fouled out, giving Purdue a better opportunity in the paint.—
Janie McCauley,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Mar. 2026
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The Gators now await NBA decisions from Condon, small forward Thomas Haugh and center Rueben Chinyelu, three juniors who formed one of the nation’s top frontcourts alongside with 7-foot-1 senior reserve Micah Handlogten.—
Edgar Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 Mar. 2026
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“Hive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hive. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.
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