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Recent Examples of olive
Flames and dark smoke billowed over a cement factory that was set alight by a wildfire that swept through olive groves and forests and disrupted rail traffic on the outskirts of the Greek city of Patras, west of Athens.
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USA Today, 14 Aug. 2025
Nestled within a nine-acre olive grove, the secluded spread comprises an eight-bedroom main house, a three-bedroom outbuilding, and a couple of two-bedroom villas for overnight stays, as well as a club, a restaurant, a boutique, and a wellness center.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 30 July 2025
Its coastline swings between limestone cliffs and secluded turquoise coves, while inland, stone villages and terraced olive groves tell centuries-old stories.
—Bailey Berg, Architectural Digest, 30 July 2025
Workers work in a Molfetta countryside in Italy, on October 24, 2024, during the olive harvest.
—Sam Meredith, CNBC, 24 July 2025
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USA Today, 14 Aug. 2025
Nestled within a nine-acre olive grove, the secluded spread comprises an eight-bedroom main house, a three-bedroom outbuilding, and a couple of two-bedroom villas for overnight stays, as well as a club, a restaurant, a boutique, and a wellness center.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 30 July 2025
Its coastline swings between limestone cliffs and secluded turquoise coves, while inland, stone villages and terraced olive groves tell centuries-old stories.
—Bailey Berg, Architectural Digest, 30 July 2025
Workers work in a Molfetta countryside in Italy, on October 24, 2024, during the olive harvest.
—Sam Meredith, CNBC, 24 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for olive
Adjective
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Here's how to wear baggy jeans with brown and black boots for fall 2025.—
Michel Mejía,
Glamour,
14 Sep. 2025
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The wide-calf style comes in black, brown, and white.—
Emily Weaver,
People.com,
14 Sep. 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 21 Sep. 2025.
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