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Recent Examples of laveSuch ties lave little resemblance to alliances such as NATO, where participation is voluntary and leaders are democratically elected.—Loren Thompson, Forbes, 26 Apr. 2022 The running game had been ineffective through long stretches of the night, laving Cal with a rather lifeless attack.—Bruce Jenkins, SFChronicle.com, 27 Sep. 2019 To Eastward San Diego’s heights Stretch downward to the bay
Which coyly laves her with the waves
Wherein the dolphins play.—San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 June 2019
Turn on your bathroom's exhaust fan after showering or bathing to prevent bacteria, mold, and mildew growth.
—
Hallie Milstein,
Southern Living,
12 Oct. 2025
The words against Admiral Ratsiraka’s dictatorship that had lasted too long, from 1975 until 1991, the words that were bathed in blood in the Iavoloha rice fields on August 10, 1991, when the dictator gave the order to fire on the crowd of protesters.
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