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Recent Examples of calve
Part one featured extensive footage of the cowboys during calving season.
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Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 4 Dec. 2024
That ice had either blown in or calved off of the iceberg and literally closed off our access.
—Jill Heinerth, People.com, 23 Oct. 2024
The icebergs were calved from Sermeq Kujalleq, the world's fastest moving glacier, and fill a space that is the equivalent of 66,000 football fields.
—Catherine Garcia, The Week Us, theweek, 15 Oct. 2024
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.
—Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
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Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 4 Dec. 2024
That ice had either blown in or calved off of the iceberg and literally closed off our access.
—Jill Heinerth, People.com, 23 Oct. 2024
The icebergs were calved from Sermeq Kujalleq, the world's fastest moving glacier, and fill a space that is the equivalent of 66,000 football fields.
—Catherine Garcia, The Week Us, theweek, 15 Oct. 2024
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.
—Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for calve
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Obviously Nolan has sired two kids of difference half-species that seem almost as strong as Viltrumites themselves, so what’s the deal?—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes,
14 Feb. 2025
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In a society that favors a patriarchal breadwinner over one who can’t even sire a child, who can’t fulfill filial prophecy because of his own emotional stuntedness, Ali is an overall feckless man by society’s standards.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
25 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Yeah, Susan, the argument could be victories beget victories.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
2 Feb. 2025
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Knowledge begets power, but acquiring and remembering that knowledge consumes power.—
Zack Savitsky,
Quanta Magazine,
13 Dec. 2024
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The Children’s Pool beach is closed to the public during harbor seal pupping season, which is recognized annually from Dec. 15 through May 15.—
Ashley Mackin Solomon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Feb. 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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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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Every broadcaster has to show them, and that is a reason why the Champions League is a premium sponsorship asset generating north of $600million each season.—
Dan Sheldon,
The Athletic,
7 Feb. 2025
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The millions of gallons of waste that the pigs generated each year stank horribly and polluted the air and water, turning an otherwise pleasant town into a pigsty.—
Kenny Torrella,
Vox,
7 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Finally, Mack’s precocious 11-year-old daughter Opal (Norah Murphy) is more in tune with adults than kids her age.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
6 Feb. 2025
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Every human being, every parent, wants what’s best for their kid and wants there kid to be better than them.—
J.M. Banks,
Kansas City Star,
27 Jan. 2025
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The unequal toll of COVID-19 kindled a national conversation about health disparities.—
Pria Anand,
TIME,
18 Feb. 2025
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The subsequent 444-day hostage crisis at the embassy in Tehran kindled decades of enmity.—
Nasser Karimi,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Feb. 2025
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Before his passing on April 12, Dax, a German shepherd, fathered a litter of puppies.—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Feb. 2025
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Robert Charles Albon, who calls himself Joe Donor, alleges that he's fathered over 180 children in at least five countries.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
13 Feb. 2025
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“Calve.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calve. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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