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Recent Examples of calve
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.
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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
The largest iceberg ever recorded is Iceberg B-15, which calved from Antarctica's Ross Ice Shelf in March 2000.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
Part one featured extensive footage of the cowboys during calving season.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 4 Dec. 2024
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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
The largest iceberg ever recorded is Iceberg B-15, which calved from Antarctica's Ross Ice Shelf in March 2000.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
Part one featured extensive footage of the cowboys during calving season.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 4 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for calve
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Into Mischief has sired the last three San Felipe winners trained by Bob Baffert (2024, 2021, 2020) with 2020 winner Authentic going on to also win the September running of the Kentucky Derby following COVID.—
Jay Ginsbach,
Forbes,
1 Mar. 2025
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Further, males who sired at least one calf were at least three times more likely to sire more offspring than would be expected if mating were random.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
10 Jan. 2025
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This is because excellence begets excellence, and thus, Nvidia is competing with itself with each new generation of GPUs.—
Beth Kindig,
Forbes,
20 Nov. 2024
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The more traditional sushi experience begat more personal L.A. restaurants that at first glance have the appearance of sushi bars but go beyond their traditional structure.—
Laurie Ochoa,
Los Angeles Times,
15 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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Two harbor seal pups born at Children’s Pool Two harbor seal pups were born recently at La Jolla’s Children’s Pool, possibly the first of this year’s pupping season.—
Ashley Mackin Solomon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Feb. 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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Tariffs and economic policy (9 percent) are now generating as much negative discussion as Trump's stance on Russia (9 percent).—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Mar. 2025
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Beyond social media, Logan is the founder of a merchandise company called Maverick Apparel that’s proven to be pretty successful, generating $40 million in just its first nine months, per Celebrity Net Worth.—
Jenzia Burgos,
StyleCaster,
27 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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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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These innocuous-seeming actions can kindle dry vegetation, potentially spawning a wildfire.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
26 Mar. 2025
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Why not just accept that this coastline is kindling and move on?—
Nancy Walecki,
The Atlantic,
18 Mar. 2025
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Musk has reportedly fathered 14 children with four separate women, including singer Grimes.—
Jay Stahl,
USA TODAY,
21 Mar. 2025
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Following the passing of his previous mate, Zeus fathered five cygnets in 2019.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
Newsweek,
13 Mar. 2025
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“Calve.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calve. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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