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Recent Examples of olive
It is beautifully surrounded by olive groves and vineyards, and its guestrooms and suites were newly renovated for the 2025 season.
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Robin Raven, Forbes.com, 7 June 2025
It’s shrouded by ancient palms, pines, olive groves, and jacaranda trees on the winding road connecting Deià and Sóller.
—Aimee Farrell, Air Mail, 7 June 2025
The daily attacks against Palestinians in their homes and olive groves and properties amount to war crimes, particularly when the police fail to arrest the attackers, and arrest the Palestinian victims instead.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 6 June 2025
In Andalusia Nature also takes center stage at the 11-room La Fuente de la Higuera, a centuries-old millhouse among olive groves and with views of Serranía de Ronda.
—Jessica Benavides Canepa, AFAR Media, 4 June 2025
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Robin Raven, Forbes.com, 7 June 2025
It’s shrouded by ancient palms, pines, olive groves, and jacaranda trees on the winding road connecting Deià and Sóller.
—Aimee Farrell, Air Mail, 7 June 2025
The daily attacks against Palestinians in their homes and olive groves and properties amount to war crimes, particularly when the police fail to arrest the attackers, and arrest the Palestinian victims instead.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 6 June 2025
In Andalusia Nature also takes center stage at the 11-room La Fuente de la Higuera, a centuries-old millhouse among olive groves and with views of Serranía de Ronda.
—Jessica Benavides Canepa, AFAR Media, 4 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for olive
Adjective
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Police described Decker as a white man with black hair and brown eyes, standing 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighing 190 pounds.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
19 July 2025
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The 29-year-old singer conveyed her childlike wonder through the statement-making makeup, comprised of coral-toned blush, bushy brows and a brown lip.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
18 July 2025
Adjective
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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
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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 24 Jul. 2025.
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