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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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2
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
This note below has a drawing of Francis with a peace sign, flowers and doves.
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Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 20 Feb. 2025
The color palette includes bordeaux, dove gray, mocha, white, black and chocolate, across eight stock keeping units, and the materials used are napa leather and suede.
—Booth Moore, WWD, 12 Feb. 2025
In Turkey and the Middle East, the birds crop up in folklore as heralds of spring, guides for pilgrims, and the first creatures, along with two doves, to disembark from Noah’s ark.
—Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
The View cohosts – sans moderator Whoopi Goldberg who was out for a previous work commitment – dove right into the new Trump era, dissecting yesterday’s Inauguration and pondering what the next four years will look like.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 21 Jan. 2025
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Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 20 Feb. 2025
The color palette includes bordeaux, dove gray, mocha, white, black and chocolate, across eight stock keeping units, and the materials used are napa leather and suede.
—Booth Moore, WWD, 12 Feb. 2025
In Turkey and the Middle East, the birds crop up in folklore as heralds of spring, guides for pilgrims, and the first creatures, along with two doves, to disembark from Noah’s ark.
—Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
The View cohosts – sans moderator Whoopi Goldberg who was out for a previous work commitment – dove right into the new Trump era, dissecting yesterday’s Inauguration and pondering what the next four years will look like.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 21 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dove
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The anti-expansionist response united pacifists, abolitionists and a variety of religious and literary figures, helping deepen the divides that would lead to the Civil War.—
G. Patrick O'Brien,
The Conversation,
3 Mar. 2025
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Gideon Rose: How does a female civilian British pacifist end up becoming the chief adviser to the US military in Iraq?—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
22 May 2015
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Only Hackman could shift like that, from raconteur to angel of death.—
Mary McNamara,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Mar. 2025
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The weirdest stuff in the movie belongs to Queen Latifah and Terrence Howard’s roles as Christmas angels who narrate the story and get into some hi-jinks on the side.—
Alphonse Pierre,
Pitchfork,
28 Feb. 2025
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Muslims mark the event by slaughtering sheep or goats.—
Reuters,
CNN,
27 Feb. 2025
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Among Season 2’s changes, the role of Pete Plenty Clouds has been recast following the death of Cole Brings Plenty, who played a sheep herder in the first season.—
Cerys Davies,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Feb. 2025
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According to human rights organizations, most were denied due process, innocents including children were detained, and hundreds were tortured in jail and died.—
Tracy Wilkinson,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Dec. 2024
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Al-Qaeda’s attack on Sept. 11, 2001, which murdered about 3,000 innocents of every race, background and socio-economic class, left him somewhere between agnostic and satisfied.—
Jeff Robbins,
Boston Herald,
14 Oct. 2024
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As this is a working farm, guests are invited to participate in rural activities like collecting eggs, bottle feeding lambs, and even hunting for mushrooms.—
Nicole Kliest,
Vogue,
7 Mar. 2025
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Los Gallos served small and beautifully made lamb, chicken, pork and beef street tacos, like the tacos al pastor.—
Michael Goldstein,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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“Dove.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dove. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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