drove
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After the war, booming livestock production drove demand for protein-rich soybean meal.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
"Dr. Salvador really conceptualized and drove this work from the beginning," said Dr. Sheikh.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026
Sudden downpours can trigger mudslides—an unexpected hailstorm lashed Drolma’s SUV as she drove her haul back to town on the recent August day.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
South Wales Police said it did not attend the scene, while a local councillor believes the driver mistakenly drove down a walking path believing to be a road before getting stuck.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
Now, when I drove down the main street, I would not be taken for a derelict.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
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,” Mark Ein, the Chairman of the DC Open, wrote in an email.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 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
A wondrous country, where Nature's ways Were revealed to me in the droving days.
From The Man from Snowy River by A. B. (Andrew Barton) Paterson
