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as in flock
a great number of persons or creatures massed together
people flocked to the annual festival in droves
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as in pushed
to apply force to (someone or something) so that it moves in front of one
drove the plunger into the opening
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as in forced
to cause (a person) to give in to pressure
the corrupt governor was driven out of office
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as in triggered
to cause to function
machinery driven by waterpower
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as in moved
to set or keep in motion
this motor drives the gears, which then turn the shaft
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as in travelled
to proceed or move quickly
the runner drove past the finish line and then came to a dead stop
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Recent Examples of drove
Michael Ruiz , Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2025
The cost of homes has been slowing deflating after the COVID-19 pandemic drove rates sky high.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 2 Sep. 2025
ArsTechnica, 17 Sep. 2025
Sanoja drove in Myers with a two-out double to right.
—Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Separately, police had identified a suspect vehicle -- a white Hyundai Elantra just like the one Kohberger drove.
—Michael Ruiz , Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2025
The cost of homes has been slowing deflating after the COVID-19 pandemic drove rates sky high.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
The fact that Earhart started out as Putnam's mistress contradicted Shapiro's early squeaky-clean image of Earhart and drove her to delve deeper into the life of this extraordinary woman.
—ArsTechnica, 17 Sep. 2025
Sanoja drove in Myers with a two-out double to right.
—Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for drove
Noun
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Among Sister Albertine’s growing flock of followers are many non-believers, some of whom are attracted by the curiosity of an unusual, and agreeable, figure offering a window into another world.—
Joseph Ataman,
CNN Money,
15 Sep. 2025
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Getty Images The designer Prabal Gurung took the fashion flock to church today.—
Blue Carreon,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Nate Hicks ran for two touchdowns, and Thaniel LaBrie caught a touchdown pass and returned a kickoff for a score as Bristol-Plymouth (1-1) knocked off South Shore Voke 24-20 in the Mayflower Athletic Conference.—
Tyler McManus,
Boston Herald,
20 Sep. 2025
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Backstage, Brock Lesnar ran into Paul Heyman.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes.com,
20 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Instead, The Pitt rode its throwback procedural appeal to an upset victory that feels like the TV industry placing a vote for streaming shows that behave a bit more like the network dramas of old.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
15 Sep. 2025
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Slebir is up for this year’s Men’s Biggest Wave award against two surfers who rode immense waves in Hawaii the day before.—
Julia Prodis Sulek,
Mercury News,
13 Sep. 2025
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The president on Tuesday again pushed back applying a ban on the app, which had been decided under his predecessor Joe Biden.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
19 Sep. 2025
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The creatures, with big, bald heads, long arms and eyes out of proportion to their bodies, were seen across the farm in trees, on top of the house and one even pushed its face against the window.—
Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
18 Sep. 2025
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Instead, Syed was forced out this summer despite two decades of experience in counterterrorism and cyber operations.—
Naomi Lim,
The Washington Examiner,
16 Sep. 2025
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The show also featured a number of first-time nominees and first-time winners like Tramell Tillman, Jeff Hiller, Hannah Einbinder, and Owen Cooper, all of whom were been forced to amend their moment in the spotlight to adhere to the joke.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
15 Sep. 2025
Verb
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These two triggered the idea of creating a game and using a kind of Monopoly-type board game.—
Lisa Deaderick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 Sep. 2025
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This design enables the metamaterial to switch between open and closed states when triggered by a magnetic field.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Then the Jays moved a win away.—
Mitch Bannon,
New York Times,
22 Sep. 2025
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The Eagles ran the play throughout the game, with multiple instances where the offensive lineman moved before the snap.—
Mark Kern,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Sep. 2025
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Inside, the minimalist lobby doubles as a gallery, and the in-house restaurant, The Hive, is dripping with sculptures of glowing honeycombs, kudzu vines, and swarms of bees.—
Lisa Cericola,
Southern Living,
15 Sep. 2025
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But Iranians knew better, and the Friday after Jîna’s death swarms of people, mostly women, congregated in front of Kasra Hospital, overflowing with rage about seeing another one of our young women disposed of by the security state with such casual cruelty.—
Fatemeh Jamalpour,
Literary Hub,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Drove.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drove. Accessed 23 Sep. 2025.
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