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Recent Examples of hive
Eli Cahan, Rolling Stone, 19 Dec. 2025
And, to add an extra level of difficulty, the game includes a mysterious hive of minions hiding at every corner, changing the rules of the game, but never showing themselves.
—Dipangkar Dutta, The Conversation, 15 Dec. 2025
The members of the hive, often represented in their conversations with Carol by an emissary played by the ominously serene Karolina Wydra, are all very happy to share in one peaceful, collaborative utopia on earth.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 15 Dec. 2025
The giant hornets feed honey bees to their larvae and use the hive's honey for energy.
—New Atlas, 5 Dec. 2025
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To pediatricians like Eby, the outbreaks meant every typically innocuous symptom in clinic — every cough or sniffle, every hive or wheal or welt — put him and his staff on high alert.
—Eli Cahan, Rolling Stone, 19 Dec. 2025
And, to add an extra level of difficulty, the game includes a mysterious hive of minions hiding at every corner, changing the rules of the game, but never showing themselves.
—Dipangkar Dutta, The Conversation, 15 Dec. 2025
The members of the hive, often represented in their conversations with Carol by an emissary played by the ominously serene Karolina Wydra, are all very happy to share in one peaceful, collaborative utopia on earth.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 15 Dec. 2025
The giant hornets feed honey bees to their larvae and use the hive's honey for energy.
—New Atlas, 5 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hive
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Dozens of swastikas were painted on a children’s playground this week in a predominantly Jewish area of Brooklyn, New York.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN Money,
23 Jan. 2026
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From hitting the water on a paddleboard or kayak to zooming around on WaveRunners, taking boat tours, or simply watching for wildlife like manatees and dolphins, this is a coastal playground filled with opportunity.—
South Seas,
Miami Herald,
23 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Trump administration officials and allies swarmed the airwaves to blame Pretti for his own death remarkably quickly.—
Brian Stelter,
CNN Money,
26 Jan. 2026
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The hills were swarmed with kids sledding and people snowboarding and skiing.—
Mike Sullivan,
CBS News,
26 Jan. 2026
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Part tour guide, part dream coach, Ney’s job was to explain how such a gargantuan feat was even possible, especially built on a strata of unstable mud near a hotbed of seismic activity.—
Katie Lauer,
Mercury News,
22 Dec. 2025
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Authorities say the shooters had spent much of November in the Philippines, an area known as a hotbed for terrorists.—
Mahsa Saeidi,
CBS News,
22 Dec. 2025
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Some staff members had herded them back into the school, and some students ran into the public library across the street before the federal agents drove away.—
Philip Wang,
Time,
20 Jan. 2026
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Hands up, we were herded into a pickup truck outside the hotel.—
Jon Meyersohn,
Vanity Fair,
15 Jan. 2026
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The Diana Majestic has long been a hot spot for the fashion set and is located on the upscale Viale Piave.—
Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
22 Jan. 2026
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Greenland in particular could be a hot spot for coal, copper, gold, rare-earth elements and zinc, according to the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland.—
Ivana Kottasová,
CNN Money,
21 Jan. 2026
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Photographers flock to the area during this time, hoping to capture the natural glory of the sun shining through the archway.—
Alanna Bennett,
Condé Nast Traveler,
26 Jan. 2026
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Geopolitical uncertainty has also been higher in January, which typically causes investors to flock to safe-haven assets like gold to protect their portfolio (the price of silver has also been surging).—
Matt Richardson,
CBS News,
26 Jan. 2026
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Thousands of people thronged the snowy streets of the Greenlandic capital of Nuuk on Saturday to have their say on a transatlantic crisis that has shaken the 76-year-old NATO alliance.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
21 Jan. 2026
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On Saturday, thousands thronged in Columbia, South Carolina, where the monks chanted on the steps of the State House and received a proclamation from the city’s mayor, Daniel Rickenmann.—
Deepa Bharath,
Fortune,
11 Jan. 2026
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Imagine a world where all of our cars run on clean solar – ditto for our HVAC systems – and even our AI friends run on solar powered data centers.—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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In one of the largest mass abductions targeting religious worship centers in the West African nation in recent months, the attackers on Sunday raided three different churches in Kaduna state's Kajuru council area, seizing 177 people before 11 managed to escape.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
23 Jan. 2026
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“Hive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hive. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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