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as in pacifist
a person who opposes war or warlike policies
the doves were in favor of using the surplus to improve the nation's schools and not its weapons systems
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as in angel
an innocent or gentle person
he's a dove who wouldn't hurt a fly
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Recent Examples of dove
She is reminded of her sin by an incessantly cooing dove; Dvořak represents it with a spooky warbling in the woodwinds.
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Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025
In a symbolic tribute to peace, hope, and freedom, white doves were also released into the sky following the service.
—Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Amy dove and her husband pushed her out of the way.
—Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2025
Despite such remarkable shareholder returns, on the day the earnings report was disclosed, Anta’s share price dove in the afternoon, with the steepest fall approaching 7 percent.
—Li Jun, Footwear News, 6 Apr. 2025
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Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025
In a symbolic tribute to peace, hope, and freedom, white doves were also released into the sky following the service.
—Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Amy dove and her husband pushed her out of the way.
—Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2025
Despite such remarkable shareholder returns, on the day the earnings report was disclosed, Anta’s share price dove in the afternoon, with the steepest fall approaching 7 percent.
—Li Jun, Footwear News, 6 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dove
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Even before seizing national power in 1933, the Nazi Party was closely monitoring German universities through nationalist student groups and sympathetic faculty, flagging professors deemed politically unreliable – particularly Jews, Marxists, liberals and pacifists.—
Iveta Silova,
The Conversation,
9 Apr. 2025
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Marchand has crossed lines by licking players, or repeatedly punching a hockey pacifist like Vancouver’s Daniel Sedin in a final series.—
Dave Hyde,
Sun Sentinel,
29 Mar. 2025
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Instead of encountering the risen Lord, these women see two angels.—
Eliza Griswold,
New Yorker,
19 Apr. 2025
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Bruno Ganz, in an unforgettable performance, plays an angel who can hear the thoughts of the denizens of Berlin and decides to give up his immortality to join them.—
Brian Tallerico,
Vulture,
18 Apr. 2025
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By opening her hogan to visitors, Yazzie hopes to introduce people to the Navajo lifestyle, which traditionally involves herding sheep, weaving rugs, growing crops, and silversmithing.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
21 Apr. 2025
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Some hold the skulls of wild sheep, but one specific burial has the breastbone, a great bustard with cut marks.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
17 Apr. 2025
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Remmick wants to pull Sammie’s music into his homogeneous blob of bloodsuckers, and likely use it to attract more innocents into the vampire circle.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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What kind of people approve of a government that extra-judicially kidnaps innocents and renders them into the hands of a foreign gulag—and then hides behind that government when ordered by an American court to bring them back?—
Matt Robison,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Apr. 2025
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Dishes will include burrata with heirloom tomatoes and stone fruit, Maine scallops with green chickpeas in a delicate kaffir lime essence, and Australian lamb loin served with spiced carrot mousse and snap peas.—
Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner,
Forbes.com,
22 Apr. 2025
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It's been a bountiful lambing season so far with lots of healthy lambs.—
Brian Mann,
NPR,
20 Apr. 2025
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“Dove.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dove. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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