drove
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"He said hello to you," said her 43-year-old mother Michelle Gomis, beaming, after the popemobile drove past.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
Loneliness is what drove her to seek out a chatbot.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
After all, the public drove up the “To Catch a Predator” ratings; they turned Hansen into both a hero and a joke.
From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026
After Grant’s 60-yard score to Rattler put the Cougars up 12-6, Cleveland drove 80 yards in 12 plays, keyed by three completions by quarterback Domenik Fuentes and punctuated by Joseph Hurtado’s one-yard touchdown run.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026
I think again about the field trip when Mom drove over someone’s lawn.
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
We thought Gen Z had started going to church in droves.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
The goofy, R-rated “Starship Troopers” famously tanked domestically among adults, but was a notable hit among teen boys, who sneaked into the flick in droves.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026
In the months leading up to summer, Paul Gunsky installed new reclining seats and immersive sound systems at his Bay Area CineLux Theatres chain in hopes that moviegoers would return in droves.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
Unemployment hit double digits and the city’s residents left in droves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
Yet, the minute he got out of prison, he started attracting droves of people to an opposition party in Angola.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
Cattle that have been two weeks at grass may, however, be safely droved.
From Cattle and Cattle-breeders by William M'Combie
In a practice known as turkey droving, thousands of birds, some wearing tiny leather boots, were herded through fields and along rough roads on a three-month journey.
From BBC ● Dec. 24, 2025
The Captain's Road, which links two droving inns, Tibbie Shiel's and Tushielaw, was one of the earliest metalled roads connecting the Ettrick and Yarrow valleys.
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2022
Gunbar, a dusty village with fewer than 100 people, is typical of the stops along the droving route of rutted, red dust roads.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 21, 2014
Growing up in Moree, in outback New South Wales, he would go droving at weekends while he was still at school.
From Time Magazine Archive
This is true, at least, as far as droving from the north to the south of Scotland and England is concerned.
From Cattle and Cattle-breeders by William M'Combie
