- past tense form of reeve.
rove
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Parker, speaking from his office, which is decorated in white decals of rove beetles — which his lab exclusively focuses on — said it pays to explore “obscure branches of the tree of life.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2026
I hired an electric violinist to rove around the bathhouse and play during the event.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2025
One version of Bolt-ee is mounted on wheels and semi-autonomous, so that it can rove around to reach a vehicle that needs a quick hit of power.
From BBC ● Jan. 8, 2024
In response, Metro says it transferred pairs of security guards from elsewhere to rove the H Line, which connects downtown to Burien, “for the foreseeable future,” spokesperson Al Sanders said.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 6, 2023
The dormouse watched Cluny’s eye rove lazily from his family to the blazing inferno.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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For the next two hours, Stringer roved the room, pausing to sharpen pencils or praise participants’ designs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2025
Icebergs as large as cities, potentially tens of kilometres wide, once roved the coasts of the UK, according to scientists.
From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2025
Mr. Uzzle woke up about 4:30 on Sunday morning and roved through the crowd.
From New York Times ● Mar. 27, 2023
Sassoon roved across Europe, the Middle East and North Africa buying up old books, and by his death in 1942, he had amassed over 1,200 manuscripts.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 22, 2023
It had its own labels, just as indecipherable to her as the ones on the first map, but as her eyes roved over it, she felt a distinct sense of something like hope.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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Yet investors are unlikely to care about Demand Progress’ roving billboards in Washington.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
In Belfast itself, local communities have gathered en masse to support their immigrant neighbors, whether by hiding them from roving mobs or raising money to repair their homes and businesses.
From Slate ● Jun. 15, 2026
It’s impossible to imagine Los Angeles’ electronic scene without Das Bunker, a roving party founded in Long Beach in 1996 by DJ and promoter John Giovanazzi to champion brutalist club music.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026
Inside the city, Russian soldiers are believed to be holed up in buildings, hiding from roving Ukrainian drones.
From BBC ● May 6, 2026
I imagined that my Destiny might be in roving the land as a keen-eyed journalist—recording history’s most exhilarating moments as they unfurled before my very eyes.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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