- past tense form of drive.
drove
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Commerce says data centers drove the increase, while information processing equipment contributed to stronger consumer spending.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
Many investors were also swept up in the speculative frenzy that drove gold to fresh record highs last year and at the start of 2026, he noted.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026
"We were shooting in town, and someone drove past blaring World of Our Own out of the speakers," he tells Newsbeat.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
With 42 seconds left, Stafford drove the Rams from their 33-yard line to the Broncos’ 14 in 40 seconds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026
Tomás drove the truck back into the cover of the trees and stopped.
From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith
In L.A., people trip and fall in droves and successfully sue the city for millions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
We thought Gen Z had started going to church in droves.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
“Her fans came out in droves every day, from morning until night, just to get a glimpse of her or an autograph.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
“Eleanor Rigby” attracted a post-55 audience in droves, while the good-natured storyline and nautical sound effects inherent in “Yellow Submarine” drew children and pre-teens into The Beatles’ camp.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026
Painters and writers were showing up in droves.
From Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm
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 bridge across the River Rede was situated on a historic droving route used by farmers to move large numbers of sheep and cattle between England and Scotland.
From BBC ● Dec. 15, 2020
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
He remembered the droving days, when the drove roads, that now lie green and solitary through the heather, were thronged thoroughfares.
From Memories and Portraits by Robert Louis Stevenson
