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Recent Examples of calve
There were some Thule artifacts and an animation showing how the calving front of the Jakobshavn Glacier—the source of Ilulissat’s icebergs—has moved over time.
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Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
The group also flagged a worst-case scenario in which 100-meter-or-higher ice cliffs at the front of Thwaites are formed and then rapidly calve off icebergs, causing runaway glacial retreat that could raise sea levels by tens of centimeters in this century.
—Danielle Bochove / Bloomberg, TIME, 20 Sep. 2024
After the snow melts, cattle and wolves overlap on national forest lands and during calving season.
—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
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Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
The group also flagged a worst-case scenario in which 100-meter-or-higher ice cliffs at the front of Thwaites are formed and then rapidly calve off icebergs, causing runaway glacial retreat that could raise sea levels by tens of centimeters in this century.
—Danielle Bochove / Bloomberg, TIME, 20 Sep. 2024
After the snow melts, cattle and wolves overlap on national forest lands and during calving season.
—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
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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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When subs enter the huddle, Barkley’s belief begets more belief.Brooks Kubena, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
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Thus, a lawfare campaign over plastic recycling begets a major countersuit.David Blackmon, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
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For the pupping season, which lasts from about December to April, the males are fasting from both food and water in order to devote all their energy to defend their harem.Adrian Rodriguez, The Mercury News, 3 Jan. 2025
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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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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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Against Alexandrova on Tuesday, Raducanu won a match littered with breaks of serve by finding solidity in her groundstrokes — returning efficiently to break serve in six of her 12 return games — and accepting that changing for the long term will result in short-term hiccups.Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 14 Jan. 2025
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Hologram boss battles also litter the world with scaling difficulty and rewards, so there's always something to fight and build toward.PCMAG, PCMAG, 13 Jan. 2025
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Additionally, the government could also lose substantial tax revenue, as the social media app generated $5.3 billion in taxes in 2023.Jack Kelly, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
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While the 2024 data is not yet available, according to PJM, the regional transmission organization, about 7.8% of energy generated in the state came from wind, solar and water sources, and 42.9% was from nuclear sources.Jessica Babb, Baltimore Sun, 14 Jan. 2025
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Reid wasn’t kidding, because ice can be a bear to remove.Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 9 Jan. 2025
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There is a sense that, while nobody is kidding themselves that all of those players aren’t there for the money, Neymar hasn’t bought into the Saudi project — publicly at least — as much as others.Nick Miller, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
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Tunisians have tried to protest Saied’s authoritarianism, kindling hope among observers that the country might return to its democratizing trajectory.Sarah E. Yerkes, Foreign Affairs, 4 Nov. 2024
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Residing with her German foster parents on the outskirts of Munich, Liesel forges a close bond with her foster father, Hans Hubermann, who teaches her how to read and write, kindling a passion for books.Boutayna Chokrane, Vogue, 21 Dec. 2024
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“Calve.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calve. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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