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Recent Examples of hive
Zachary Hansen,
AJC.com,
15 June 2026
These would be my nap companions, a busy hive of bees whose entrance was out the side of the cottage.
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Christine Sarkis,
USA Today,
13 June 2026
The HiveSpy project is a low‑cost, frame‑level IoT monitoring system that helps beekeepers automate labor‑intensive tasks and prevent hive swarming by tracking production yield in real time.
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Ashley Moran,
IEEE Spectrum,
10 June 2026
Like a honeybee leaving its hive for the first time, the drone begins with a short learning flight around its home.
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New Atlas,
8 June 2026
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The city’s core is a hive of new development, unprecedented in its history.
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Zachary Hansen,
AJC.com,
15 June 2026
These would be my nap companions, a busy hive of bees whose entrance was out the side of the cottage.
—
Christine Sarkis,
USA Today,
13 June 2026
The HiveSpy project is a low‑cost, frame‑level IoT monitoring system that helps beekeepers automate labor‑intensive tasks and prevent hive swarming by tracking production yield in real time.
—
Ashley Moran,
IEEE Spectrum,
10 June 2026
Like a honeybee leaving its hive for the first time, the drone begins with a short learning flight around its home.
—
New Atlas,
8 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hive
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The attack shocked Monaco, a coastal playground for the rich and famous known for its tax-friendly incentives, royal family and Formula 1 Grand Prix.
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There's also a custom trampoline, playground and even an ice skating rink on the upper lawn.
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And about month after he was taken, federal immigration agents swarmed Charlotte and the very neighborhood that held Omar’s cherished memories.
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The internet is swarming with articles and videos decrying the decision.
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India leads the way population-wise, but other South Asian countries, as well as Great Britain and Commonwealth countries like Australia and New Zealand, are also cricket hotbeds.
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The Abbott show was at Tulsa’s Cain’s Ballroom in June 2025, contributing to a growing buzz around Keyland’s music in the city, especially at the Mercury Lounge, a hotbed of Red Dirt in Tulsa where the band has become a regular.
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In a sense that’s true, as rather than continually being reinvested in Destiny, the profits were used for bizarre projects like a sprawling HQ in the COVID era, or herded into too many other incubation projects.
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The wholesale slaughter on the plains outside Troy is constantly likened to harvest, planting, herding flocks.
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The Balboa Peninsula, which Stapleton represents on the council, has historically been an infamous hot spot for public drinking, disruptive parties and brawls throughout the summer and especially during the Fourth of July.
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Niger state is also a hot spot for gunmen who kidnap for ransom and impose taxes on farming communities.
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The siblings dominated the sport for decades and fans will once again flock to SW19 to see the two living legends in action.
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No strike date has been announced as of yet, but the vote arrives at the start of summer, the time of year when New York museums typically see their highest attendance as vacationers flock to the city from around the world.
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The story begins with the historic building designed by Edward Durrell Stone in the 1960s as the World Trade Center, with a cruciform plan that nodded to the four corners of the compass and New Orleans’ place as a center of international commerce.
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All that was missing from the game was a rusty shiv in the center circle.
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No matter the weather, no matter the season, for over four decades, folks in Nashville have thronged to The Picnic Cafe.
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The visual accompaniment to the president’s promise of national enjoyment showed two multistory stone arcades running down the length of the Mall—very classical, very retvrn—thronged with crowds.
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“Hive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hive. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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