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Recent Examples of calve
Late May to mid-June is calving season for Colorado’s growing moose population, state officials said Wednesday.
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Katie Langford, Denver Post, 28 May 2025
As the whales migrate each year from calving grounds near Florida to foraging grounds near New England, they are often struck by passing boats or entangled in fishing gear, which can hurt or kill them.
—Nate Iglehart, Christian Science Monitor, 21 May 2025
In a small theater, the three-channel video installation shows slow-moving rivers of fiery lava, surging oceans and calving glaciers alongside close-ups of people staring at the camera, hugging and moving gracefully.
—Alina Tugend, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2025
White boulders shape-shifted in the twilight, and the sound of a calving glacier ricocheted like a gunshot between the mountains.
—Chloe Berge, Travel + Leisure, 13 Mar. 2025
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Katie Langford, Denver Post, 28 May 2025
As the whales migrate each year from calving grounds near Florida to foraging grounds near New England, they are often struck by passing boats or entangled in fishing gear, which can hurt or kill them.
—Nate Iglehart, Christian Science Monitor, 21 May 2025
In a small theater, the three-channel video installation shows slow-moving rivers of fiery lava, surging oceans and calving glaciers alongside close-ups of people staring at the camera, hugging and moving gracefully.
—Alina Tugend, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2025
White boulders shape-shifted in the twilight, and the sound of a calving glacier ricocheted like a gunshot between the mountains.
—Chloe Berge, Travel + Leisure, 13 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for calve
Verb
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The brother lions sired several cubs over their long reign at the zoo.—
Devoun Cetoute,
Miami Herald,
5 Sep. 2025
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Iraq became proof that the model would work across the region, with Hezbollah serially midwifing the proxies that Iran sired.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
2 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The Indian Adoption Program which begat the Indian Child Welfare Act.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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The discovery, age five, that some people did not live in communities with all goods in common—that in fact for most, home was a locked building full of private property—begat questions still begetting questions at age thirteen.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 Aug. 2025
Verb
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At first, this looks like just another mismatched cop thriller, with Denzel as the street-smart veteran teaching young pup Ethan Hawke a few tricks.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
15 Aug. 2025
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The Seal Society was instrumental in the city’s decision in 2014 to close the beach at La Jolla’s Children’s Pool to the public from Dec. 15 to May 15 annually to keep humans and harbor seals separated during the seals’ pupping season.—
Ashley Mackin Solomon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 July 2025
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Owners can help the process by giving them a whelping box.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Apr. 2025
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The alpha male was a foster, and his mate whelped — or gave birth — during the same week, making the pack an ideal candidate to receive pups.—
Hayleigh Evans,
The Arizona Republic,
29 July 2024
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This article was generated by the Bay Area Home Report Bot, software that analyzes home sales or other data and creates an article based on a template created by humans.—
Bay Area Home Report,
Mercury News,
10 Sep. 2025
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According to the paper, the vertical structure allows panels in the upper canopy to generate power while permitting sufficient light to reach the understory vegetation.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Pat Kelsey wasn't kidding about wanting the smoke.—
Leo Bertucci,
The Courier-Journal,
2 Sep. 2025
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In 2019, Lebanese depositors discovered that their banking system had, in effect, just been kidding about those savings accounts.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
2 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Even minor parks or embers might be carried into leaves or grass, kindling a fire that can swiftly expand.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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The star of Big Little Lies confessed her new film, Caught Stealing, kindles a powerful yearning for some aspects of the era.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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Walker previously dated London on da Track, whom fathered her daughter and rapper LVRD Pharaoh, whom fathered her twin sons.—
Mya Abraham,
VIBE.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Owens, the 35-year-old daughter of longtime San Francisco radio host Ronn Owens, filed a paternity petition in Maricopa County Superior Court in August 2023, alleging Echard fathered twins during a one-night encounter.—
Miguel Torres,
AZCentral.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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“Calve.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calve. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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