olive

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Recent Examples of olive Nestled within a nine-acre olive grove, the secluded spread comprises an eight-bedroom main house, a three-bedroom outbuilding, and a couple of two-bedroom villas for overnight stays, as well as a club, a restaurant, a boutique, and a wellness center. Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 30 July 2025 Its coastline swings between limestone cliffs and secluded turquoise coves, while inland, stone villages and terraced olive groves tell centuries-old stories. Bailey Berg, Architectural Digest, 30 July 2025 Workers work in a Molfetta countryside in Italy, on October 24, 2024, during the olive harvest. Sam Meredith, CNBC, 24 July 2025 Hiking trails and olive groves in the area provide panoramic views of the ocean, and the Ceraunian Mountains, which rise to the east, are picturesque both from the beach and on the drive in along the switchbacks of the coastal highway. New York Times, 23 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for olive
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Adjective
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    Michel Mejía, Glamour, 14 Sep. 2025
  • The wide-calf style comes in black, brown, and white.
    Emily Weaver, People.com, 14 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Elements of her can be found on Lioness in Zoe Saldaña’s Joe McNamara, a CIA operative trying to save the world from the swarthy — terrorists in Season One, Mexican cartels in Season Two — while raising two girls.
    Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 9 Mar. 2025
  • Jett Rink was a really malevolent varmint, and kind of swarthy and dark.
    Jeff Conway, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024

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“Olive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/olive. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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