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Recent Examples of hive
Noun
Having spent hours by his hives, caring for the bees and harvesting honey, and learning about its nutritious properties. Claudia Alarcón, Forbes.com, 16 June 2025 Redness of the skin and mild to severe hives have been reported as symptoms. Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 11 June 2025 The bees made their escape as a truck carrying 70,000 pounds of hives rolled over, releasing them into the wild. Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 June 2025 Approximately 250 million bees escaped after a tractor-trailer carrying more than 70,000 pounds of pollinator hives rolled over Friday in northern Washington state, authorities said. Kierra Frazier, CBS News, 30 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for hive
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hive
Noun
  • In addition to the pump track, the park will have a dozen pickleball courts, a full basketball court, a half basketball court, three playgrounds, restrooms and other features including the city’s first off-leash dog park.
    Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 July 2025
  • The park also includes a boat launch, picnic tables, charcoal grills, a sand volleyball court, cricket and football fields, a playground, fishing access, art installations and bike racks.
    Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant, 5 July 2025
Verb
  • Spectators swarmed in from around the country to see the legendary lawyers battle over creationism, evolution and the role of religion in government.
    Angele Latham, The Tennessean, 10 July 2025
  • Fergie and Stalter, 34, dance on the London Bridge, are swarmed by paparazzi, and sip tea throughout the music video.
    Marina Watts, People.com, 8 July 2025
Noun
  • Arcade parlors have become hotbeds for drugs, fights and theft.
    Josh Salman, Miami Herald, 11 July 2025
  • Ohio's historic tax credit program, which began in 2007, is among the most competitive in the country and has bolstered the state's reputation as a hotbed for preservation.
    Sydney Franklin, The Enquirer, 5 July 2025
Verb
  • Implicitly, the troubles of the Texas Supreme Court in herding the wet cats of the lower Texas courts onto the right track would be alleviated were Texas to adopt the UPEPA.
    Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
  • Sauro was one of 150 young people at Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington that evening who were herded onto buses halfway through the game to begin their overnight journey to Marine Corps boot camp in San Diego.
    Nick Woltman, Twin Cities, 15 June 2025
Noun
  • The island chain was (and is still being) formed by a volcanic hot spot that has so far created 15 different volcanoes that stretch 3,800 miles across the Pacific.
    Elizabeth Weise, USA Today, 14 July 2025
  • It is known as a hot spot for divers looking for the sunken ruins underwater.
    Celia Fernandez, CNBC, 13 July 2025
Verb
  • What Is Happening in Cape Coral? Cape Coral's housing market exploded during the pandemic, when thousands of out-of-state newcomers flocked to the relatively affordable Florida paradise, snatching up for-sale homes and driving up prices.
    Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 July 2025
  • Today, visitors flock here in droves every autumn to pick apples and pumpkins, shop for antiques, and take in those small-town fall vibes.
    Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 5 July 2025
Verb
  • The Pops offers a December and a spring season, this year beginning on May 8, plus a smattering of Tanglewood concerts and its annual July 4 celebration, played by the Esplanade Orchestra before hordes thronging Boston’s Hatch Shell.
    David Allen, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
  • On Saturday night, over 600 power players from the worlds of entertainment, art and philanthropy thronged The Geffen Contemporary for the 2025 MOCA Gala, raising $3.1 million for LA’s Museum of Contemporary Art.
    Hadley Meares, HollywoodReporter, 4 June 2025
Noun
  • Cut corn kernels from the cob using a sharp knife; discard cobs.
    Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 July 2025
  • Quantum kernels demonstrate superior performance to traditional feature engineering methods when the decision boundary remains difficult to separate.
    Sadhasivam Mohanadas, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025

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