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Recent Examples of hive
Noun
Approximately 250 million bees escaped after a tractor-trailer carrying more than 70,000 pounds of pollinator hives rolled over Friday in northern Washington state, authorities said. Kierra Frazier, CBS News, 30 May 2025 Such symptoms may include: itchy mouth, swelling of the skin, especially lips and eyes, skin rash with hives, stomach pain, nausea, vomiting, trouble breathing, coughing, asthma symptoms, light headedness, passing out and more. Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 June 2025 But a contingent of local beekeepers showed up on the scene to help recover and reset the hives. Jade Walker, CNN Money, 2 June 2025 Poets toil as often-anonymous individuals building some greater nest, colony, or hive that might outlast us or end up squashed and swept away unceremoniously. Hannah Brooks-Motl june 2, Literary Hub, 2 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for hive
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hive
Noun
  • What’s next: The new Tropical Americas land will take over this space, although it too is expected to have a playground.
    Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 June 2025
  • For weeks now, groups of locals have staged protests across Venice's most iconic spots to denounce their city allegedly being turned into a playground for the second-richest man in the world, while residents struggle with rising housing costs and the consequences of over-tourism.
    Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 June 2025
Verb
  • If swarming critters are moving in, use any of these DIY solutions to kick them out quickly By Rachel Davies June 16, 2025 All products featured on Architectural Digest are independently selected by our editors.
    Rachel Davies, Architectural Digest, 16 June 2025
  • Protests began on Friday after Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents swarmed a local Home Depot store, arresting day laborers, and raided businesses in the city’s largely immigrant garment district.
    Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 13 June 2025
Noun
  • Only a handful of those who helped make the Village a musical hotbed are still out performing and even making new albums — Bob Dylan, of course, along with Judy Collins, Carolyn Hester, Noel Paul Stookey, and very few others.
    David Browne, Rolling Stone, 4 June 2025
  • The area has also become a hotbed of rock climbing, and the most popular crag for out-of-towners is Stone Fort, a bouldering area 20 miles north of downtown with 400 problems on high quality sandstone.
    Ryan Krogh, Outside Online, 3 June 2025
Verb
  • Next to the archery fields, around a dozen ger are set up for each of the provinces where camels are herded.
    Matt Dutile, Travel + Leisure, 21 June 2025
  • The rescue team consisted of more than two dozen people and six boats who would first try herding the dolphin out of the area to avoid capturing and physically handling it, the center said.
    Brooke Baitinger, Miami Herald, 13 June 2025
Noun
  • Firefighters made significant progress today strengthening containment lines and mopping up hot spots.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 18 June 2025
  • Uncover the culture, cuisine and charm of the Motherland’s emerging hot spots.
    Essence, Essence, 18 June 2025
Verb
  • Elegant women and dandies rapidly flocked to it, including royalty and nobility such as the Countess of Castiglione, Princess of Metternich, Prince of Wales and Duchess of Berry.
    Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
  • Investors are flocking to the league, despite the soaring prices, which has enabled teams to sell stakes at a premium to what a control price would be, according to bankers.
    Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 24 June 2025
Verb
  • On Saturday night, over 600 power players from the worlds of entertainment, art and philanthropy thronged The Geffen Contemporary for the 2025 MOCA Gala, raising $3.1 million for LA’s Museum of Contemporary Art.
    Hadley Meares, HollywoodReporter, 4 June 2025
  • In all, the Interior Ministry said 22 security personnel and seven firefighters were injured, in addition to 192 injuries among people thronging the streets.
    Roger Cohen, New York Times, 1 June 2025
Noun
  • Fleck suggested first finding that kernel of truth in what the other person is saying or doing.
    Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 26 May 2025
  • For decades the jewelry house Tane México 1942 has translated its Mexican heritage and identity into silver, drawing inspiration from items as diverse as kernels of corn, Oaxacan needlework and even Frida Kahlo’s signature braids.
    Janelle Conaway, New York Times, 20 May 2025

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