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Recent Examples of calve
Head out onto your balcony – which nearly every cabin has – and watch for calving glaciers and icebergs.
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Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2025
Revel in the sense of awe that comes from being surrounded by thousands of puffins, swimming alongside a massive sperm whale or witnessing a calving glacier.
—Emily Matchar, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Jan. 2025
In an interview, Matthew Fullen remained particularly upset that sheriff’s deputies hadn’t waited for a veterinarian to look at the calving cow before shooting it.
—Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 16 Jan. 2025
There is a 10-knot, or 11 mile-per-hour, speed limit in whale-sensitive areas, like the coast of Georgia during calving season, but only for large boats of 65 feet and longer.
—Emily Jones, NPR, 31 Dec. 2024
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Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2025
Revel in the sense of awe that comes from being surrounded by thousands of puffins, swimming alongside a massive sperm whale or witnessing a calving glacier.
—Emily Matchar, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Jan. 2025
In an interview, Matthew Fullen remained particularly upset that sheriff’s deputies hadn’t waited for a veterinarian to look at the calving cow before shooting it.
—Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 16 Jan. 2025
There is a 10-knot, or 11 mile-per-hour, speed limit in whale-sensitive areas, like the coast of Georgia during calving season, but only for large boats of 65 feet and longer.
—Emily Jones, NPR, 31 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for calve
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Both Citizen Bull and $3.2 million yearling purchase Barnes were sired by Into Mischief.—
Jay Ginsbach,
Forbes.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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Drake also claimed one of Lamar’s kids was actually sired by Lamar’s business partner.—
Nancy Dillon,
Rolling Stone,
1 Apr. 2025
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At the Flora-Bama, everybody’s welcome, and for many folks, their first pilgrimage to this sprawling shack on the beach begets a second one—and maybe a hundred more after that.—
Lisa Cericola,
Southern Living,
29 Mar. 2025
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In culture, too, strength begets strength: Witness the growth of the literary ecosystem across Africa that is allowing writers to succeed at home without the support of Western publishers.—
Troy Aidan Sambajon,
The Christian Science Monitor,
17 Mar. 2025
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When: Mothers begin giving birth in mid-December, with pupping continuing into February.—
Ethan Baron,
Mercury News,
28 Mar. 2025
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Since January, Drakes Beach Road has been temporarily closed for the elephant seal pupping season until further notice.—
Emese Maczko,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 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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When a captive mother whelps, or gives birth on her own, managers match her pups with a wild den using GPS coordinates from radio collars placed on packs’ breeding alpha male and female.—
Hayleigh Evans,
The Arizona Republic,
3 May 2024
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The investigation claimed that CK Hutchison subsidiary Panama Ports generated $3.78 billion from its operations at the Balboa and Cristóbal ports between 1997 and 2023, while Panama received just $236 million.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
8 Apr. 2025
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In Palm Beach, O’Connell was not shy about his belief that the Vikings must generate value from the 2025 draft class, regardless of the pick allotment.—
Alec Lewis,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2025
Verb
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After a day on the slopes at Lost Trail, make your way to the tiny town of Jackson, which will make Philipsburg and Anaconda seem like large metropolitan areas (kidding, kinda).—
Will McGough,
Forbes.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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Huang may have been kidding, but Nvidia spent much of its event detailing just how much better its Blackwell chips are.—
Kif Leswing,
CNBC,
26 Mar. 2025
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Brett Anderson, a senior meteorologist and climate change expert at AccuWeather, said the hurricane also left behind lots of dead trees and fallen branches, debris that became kindling.—
John Bacon,
USA Today,
27 Mar. 2025
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Even minor parks or embers might be carried into leaves or grass, kindling a fire that can swiftly expand.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
26 Mar. 2025
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In total, Musk has fathered 14 children, People and Reuters reported.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr.,
USA Today,
1 Apr. 2025
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After the move to North Carolina, Williams, still in his early teens, fathered a daughter.—
Ronan Farrow,
The New Yorker,
24 Mar. 2025
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“Calve.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calve. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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