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Recent Examples of olive
The surge of settler and military violence since October 7 meant that olive groves had been abandoned throughout the West Bank.
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Ben Ehrenreich, Harpers Magazine, 26 Mar. 2025
The requisite lap pools are part of the layout and the views are of olive groves or the bays.
—Laurie Werner, Forbes.com, 6 Apr. 2025
To distract me from the bombs exploding around us, my grandfather described his former home and olive groves in what is now Israel, which he had been forced to flee in 1948.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
The requisite lap pools are part of the layout and the views are of olive groves or the bays.
—Laurie Werner, Forbes.com, 6 Apr. 2025
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Ben Ehrenreich, Harpers Magazine, 26 Mar. 2025
The requisite lap pools are part of the layout and the views are of olive groves or the bays.
—Laurie Werner, Forbes.com, 6 Apr. 2025
To distract me from the bombs exploding around us, my grandfather described his former home and olive groves in what is now Israel, which he had been forced to flee in 1948.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
The requisite lap pools are part of the layout and the views are of olive groves or the bays.
—Laurie Werner, Forbes.com, 6 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for olive
Adjective
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Progressed photo used to show what Ava could look like Ava is a 9-year-old Hispanic female with straight brown hair and brown eyes, Austin police said.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
9 May 2025
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Kasbah Reversible Leather Belt, $9 with coupon Get two looks for the price of one with this reversible leather belt, which is brown on one side and black on the other with a gold-colored buckle.—
Mia Huelsbeck,
People.com,
8 May 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 20 May. 2025.
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