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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 Sparrows, mourning doves, pigeons, towhees, and juncos will all fly over to enjoy an easy meal. —
Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 2 Apr. 2026 Today a wooden plaque gives the name of the former Tschikof residence in Gothic script as Urch, a word that has no particular meaning in German, under a carving of a bird that resembles a dove. —Simon Akam, Vanity Fair, 2 Apr. 2026 The Fed’s Powell is not a dove. —Jim Edwards, Fortune, 1 Apr. 2026 Trevor Tamura dove for the volleyball to keep it from hitting the sand. —Rachel Hale, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for dove
Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 2 Apr. 2026 Today a wooden plaque gives the name of the former Tschikof residence in Gothic script as Urch, a word that has no particular meaning in German, under a carving of a bird that resembles a dove. —Simon Akam, Vanity Fair, 2 Apr. 2026 The Fed’s Powell is not a dove. —Jim Edwards, Fortune, 1 Apr. 2026 Trevor Tamura dove for the volleyball to keep it from hitting the sand. —Rachel Hale, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for dove
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The Anabaptists were a radical nonconformist sect that took the egalitarian, pacifist, and renunciatory injunctions of the Bible seriously and tried to organize communal living, before being ruthlessly persecuted by the authorities and other Protestant sects.— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 Mar. 2026
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Still, Bale has a couple of nice moments as Mandras, a Greek fisherman who loses his fiancée (Penelope Cruz) to a mandolin-playing pacifist (Cage, of course) but, all told, is pretty reasonable about it.— Tim Grierson, Vulture, 7 Mar. 2026
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That night, our CEO gets another shot on goal with a new gaggle of angels in New York.— Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026
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Nexus Venture Partners led the round and was joined by angel investors.— Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 27 Apr. 2026
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When bumbling village policeman Derry (an endearing Nicholas Braun) dismisses any suspicion of foul play despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary, it’s left to the sheep to prove otherwise — despite no ability to converse with their human counterparts beyond Lassie-style leading and hinting.— Guy Lodge, Variety, 27 Apr. 2026
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Contrary to speculation about the intellectual capabilities of sheep, this herd loves solving fictional crimes and is pretty good at it, especially the very smart Lily (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) the titular head of this ragtag crew.— Pete Hammond, Deadline, 27 Apr. 2026
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How much more dangerous could a regime become than one willing to murder innocents, during peacetime, 8,500 miles away?— Katherine Ellison, Washington Post, 19 Apr. 2026
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The Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and much of the Iranian security hierarchy, would not survive the first day of bombing; neither would about a hundred and seventy-five innocents in the southern city of Minab, most of them children.— David Remnick, New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2026
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Bundelkhand is represented by Maans ke Dahi Bade, a lamb-and-lentil recipe improvised by Maharaja Digvijaya Singh of Sailana, while Panna finds its spot through the imperious-sounding Aash-e-Sangsheer.— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
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And a thick hedgerow is no deterrent to foxes sneaking in to snatch small lambs.— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Apr. 2026
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“Dove.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/dove. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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