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After the snow melts, cattle and wolves overlap on national forest lands and during calving season.
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Hayleigh Evans, The Arizona Republic, 29 July 2024
Most of her livestock were still in southern Arizona for calving season, out of reach from the wolves during their most vulnerable time.
—Hayleigh Evans, The Arizona Republic, 29 July 2024
In her later years, Morris recalls, Walnut would spend most of her time away from the herd, usually with Vanity, another female (called a hind) of the same age who had never calved.
—Tim Vernimmen, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 July 2024
The Itinerary: The Baja California: Among the Great Whales cruise boards at San Carlos on Baja’s Pacific Coast for two days in Bahía Magdalena, one of the main breeding and calving sites for gray whales, where cruisers can kayak, paddleboard, or take a Zodiac to explore.
—Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 10 July 2024
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Hayleigh Evans, The Arizona Republic, 29 July 2024
Most of her livestock were still in southern Arizona for calving season, out of reach from the wolves during their most vulnerable time.
—Hayleigh Evans, The Arizona Republic, 29 July 2024
In her later years, Morris recalls, Walnut would spend most of her time away from the herd, usually with Vanity, another female (called a hind) of the same age who had never calved.
—Tim Vernimmen, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 July 2024
The Itinerary: The Baja California: Among the Great Whales cruise boards at San Carlos on Baja’s Pacific Coast for two days in Bahía Magdalena, one of the main breeding and calving sites for gray whales, where cruisers can kayak, paddleboard, or take a Zodiac to explore.
—Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 10 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for calve
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Both evolve over time, allowing an ancestral tongue like Latin to sire diverse descendants — Spanish, French, Romanian — that are more closely related to each other than to, say, Korean.Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 21 Oct. 2024
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And Otis may have sired many bears at the Brooks River, Bruce says, although scientists can’t say that for sure.Erin Donaghue, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Oct. 2024
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Look, entitlement begets entitlement, and struggling begets appreciation.Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2024
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Stress begets stress Cold sores are caused by herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1), a highly contagious virus that is estimated to infect 3.7 billion people under the age of 50 globally.Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 5 Sep. 2024
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Their pupping sites in the shallower northeastern Caspian Sea are shifting and disappearing, as the animals also struggle against pollution and overfishing.Laura Paddison, CNN, 24 Oct. 2024
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Sightings stretch back to the early 2000s, but the creatures started pupping — having babies — around Point La Jolla roughly a decade ago.Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2024
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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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Canvassers are streaming through neighborhoods, yard signs litter the desert landscape, and text message notifications buzz with ever more requests for donations.David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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Its once-colorful walls were repainted milky white, and the chalkboard was replaced with a bulletin board, littered with information about health care and nutritional meals for the elderly.Anniek Bao, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2024
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This results page was generated automatically using information from TinBu and a template written and reviewed by an Enquirer digital news director.Jordan Kellogg, The Enquirer, 6 Nov. 2024
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This is still a concern with the 3D V-Cache on the bottom, but less so as the processor cores are likely what generates the most heat, and those are more directly cooled in this configuration.PCMAG, PCMAG, 6 Nov. 2024
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All kidding aside, people who are intentionally running ingredient households tend to prioritize fresh, whole foods and shop for meals, not snacks.Suzanne Hayes, Parents, 31 Oct. 2024
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And Apple isn’t kidding about finding a quiet space to take this test.Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2024
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But the couple must also kindle something together.Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2024
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Tanton kindles a small fire of twigs inside a metal pitcher, while expounding for the camera about ecology and overpopulation.Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, 19 Oct. 2024
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“Calve.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calve. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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