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Recent Examples of olive
The olive press suggests that the once-affluent estate was later repurposed for oil production, likely tied to the Samaritan Revolts under Byzantine rule.
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Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 15 Sep. 2025
The spatulas are made out of olive wood.
—Celia Shatzman, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
When hunger calls, head to Osteria del Sotto Sale for fresh seafood and pasta before retreating to Dimora dell'Olivastro, a tranquil guesthouse set among olive groves.
—Nicky Swallow, Travel + Leisure, 19 Aug. 2025
Flames and dark smoke billowed over a cement factory that was set alight by a wildfire that swept through olive groves and forests and disrupted rail traffic on the outskirts of the Greek city of Patras, west of Athens.
—USA Today, 14 Aug. 2025
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Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 15 Sep. 2025
The spatulas are made out of olive wood.
—Celia Shatzman, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
When hunger calls, head to Osteria del Sotto Sale for fresh seafood and pasta before retreating to Dimora dell'Olivastro, a tranquil guesthouse set among olive groves.
—Nicky Swallow, Travel + Leisure, 19 Aug. 2025
Flames and dark smoke billowed over a cement factory that was set alight by a wildfire that swept through olive groves and forests and disrupted rail traffic on the outskirts of the Greek city of Patras, west of Athens.
—USA Today, 14 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for olive
Adjective
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There are then folio accessories for $205 in black, blue, brown, and white.—
James Peckham,
PC Magazine,
22 Sep. 2025
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As the trend dictates, bronze and smoky brown tones are blended onto the eyes, achieving a blurred effect that subtly highlights the glow.—
María Munsuri,
Glamour,
21 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Elements of her can be found on Lioness in Zoe Saldaña’s Joe McNamara, a CIA operative trying to save the world from the swarthy — terrorists in Season One, Mexican cartels in Season Two — while raising two girls.—
Stephen Rodrick,
Rolling Stone,
9 Mar. 2025
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Jett Rink was a really malevolent varmint, and kind of swarthy and dark.—
Jeff Conway,
Forbes,
2 Dec. 2024
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“Olive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/olive. Accessed 27 Sep. 2025.
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