hived

past tense of hive

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for hived
Verb
  • All these people who would not necessarily have been a popular first pick—in some cases maybe not anyone’s first pick—swarmed the race.
    Caroline Mimbs Nyce, New Yorker, 2 June 2026
  • After being swarmed by catcher Annabel Raftery and her teammates, Escobar hoisted the game ball that eluded her last season in a 3-0 loss to Los Alamitos in a dramatic Division 2 final.
    Dan Albano, Oc Register, 30 May 2026
Verb
  • In 1937, Stalin, himself a former dabbler in the language, reversed course on Esperanto and herded its speakers into gulags on account of its internationalist appeal.
    Katie Thornton, Harpers Magazine, 26 May 2026
  • The undulating landscape lends itself to scenic horseback riding with outfits like Na’alapa Stables, which carries on the tradition of the paniolo cowboys who have herded cattle in the grassy highlands since the late 1800s.
    CNN.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 8 May 2026
Verb
  • Development stopped before Skydance merged with Paramount, the owners of the IP.
    Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 5 June 2026
  • As part of that effort, the Justice Department separately created a new National Fraud Enforcement Division which merged a number of Justice Department offices, including its healthcare fraud section.
    Laura Geller, CBS News, 4 June 2026
Verb
  • The Washed Ashore team packed them into a U-Haul and took them for a 900-mile road trip down the coast, which is pretty incredible.
    Michael James Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 2026
  • After the raids, the quinceañera shops, normally packed with girls and doting mothers on weekends, often sat empty.
    Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2026
Verb
  • But as water quality has shifted in some public waterways, anglers have flocked to the South Platte River in downtown Denver, or set up at Cherry Creek or Aurora reservoirs for deeper-water species.
    John Wenzel, Denver Post, 2 June 2026
  • In 2008, when the state’s Democratic governor, Tim Kaine, approved a sales-tax exemption for data centers over a certain scale, companies flocked to the state to take advantage.
    Andrew Cockburn, Harpers Magazine, 2 June 2026
Verb
  • Prettygarden Short-Sleeve Belted Shirt Dress The fuller midi skirt, half-button front, and banded puff sleeves make this cream-colored shirt dress similar to Oprah's version.
    Jamie Allison Sanders, PEOPLE, 29 May 2026
  • In February, the city banded with more than a dozen other cities and counties to become additional plaintiffs in an existing lawsuit filed last summer by a group led by Fresno, California.
    Emma Hurt, AJC.com, 29 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Behind Anthropic’s meteoric rise are the developers who thronged the London hall this week, eating free lunch and dinner, and accepting complimentary mini computers.
    Billy Perrigo, Time, 22 May 2026
  • In a cell-phone video of the opening, the space was thronged with people.
    Clayton Dalton, New Yorker, 15 May 2026
Verb
  • Wheeler, a three-time All-Star, had only given up one home run in his six other starts this season combined.
    Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2026
  • In their scenes together, Ahmed plays straight man so Khan can go huge, all breezy confidence and street smarts combined as a defense against the countless stereotypes the bearded, accented, proudly Muslim Zulfi must face every day.
    Joe Reid, Vulture, 29 May 2026
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“Hived.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hived. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.

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