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[drahyv] / draɪv /








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He grew up here and attended the University of Kentucky, but when he married and started raising a family, he had to drive 90 minutes to Cincinnati for work at Procter & Gamble.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

Bennett, a fourth-year pro making his seventh preseason start, completed four of six passes for 38 yards and led a field-goal drive before giving way to Simpson.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 15, 2026

For more than six decades, evolutionary biologists have debated whether an unusual genetic system shared by ants, bees and wasps helped drive one of nature's most sophisticated forms of social organization: eusociality.

From Science Daily Aug. 15, 2026

Footwear executives have credited these sorts of items for helping to drive sales in recent quarters.

From MarketWatch Aug. 15, 2026

My father was even criticized for letting me drive his sled to the ice, to help him bring back the seals he took.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell

AI frenzy drives Chinese tech valuations to multiples of U.S. peers.

From MarketWatch Aug. 14, 2026

“We drive these roads for the excitement and euphoria, just like people go to Disneyland,” says Matt Kometer, a SkyLink supervisor from San Pedro who drives a 2026 Mazda MX-5 Miata.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

She has shared her experience of online bullying following the University of Gloucestershire publishing new research into what drives digital abuse.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

Michael Schumann, 74, a furniture store owner who lives in Naples, Fla., and drives a hybrid Ford Maverick truck.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

He waited for one of the larger drives to engage and spin, letting the noise cover the sound as he tossed François Fournier’s ID down the aisle.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti

And unforgiving, unforgiven, A derelict, by tempest driven, I drave beneath the breadth of heaven ...

From Ioläus The man that was a ghost by James Allan Mackereth

Right nobly did he entertain me, and drave me not from his house, for all that he had been stricken by such sorrow.

From Heroines That Every Child Should Know Tales for Young People of the World's Heroines of All Ages by Various

And the Lord was with Judah, and he drave out the inhabitants of the mountains, but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron.

From Biblical Extracts Or, The Holy Scriptures Analyzed; Showing its Contradictions, Absurdities, and Immoralities by Robert Cooper

On frozen bunt and gasket The sleet-cloud drave her hosts, When, manned by more than signed with us, We passed the Isle o’ Ghosts!

From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 2, July, 1893 by Various

Then, coasting along Florida, we ran into the jaws of another tempest, the which drave us into the bay of Mexico.

From With Drake on the Spanish Main by Herbert Strang

Yemen's years-long civil conflict killed tens of thousands of people, uprooted millions and drove the country to the brink of famine before a 2022 truce restored relative calm.

From Barron's Aug. 16, 2026

Inflation concerns drove up Treasurys with yields on the 10-year note up 0.056 percentage point to 4.695%.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

She has hiked national parks, attended American football games and drove an RV through several states down to Florida.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

A hit on MTV, the song drove sales of the band’s debut, “Shake Your Money Maker,” to sales of more than 5 million copies.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

Once they were stylishly dressed, carriages drove them in luxury to the city’s finest homes.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

That social comparison driven by Instagram was linked to "increased loneliness, worse body image, and negative mood or affect", according to Meta's internal research.

From BBC Aug. 16, 2026

The film introduces us to Ricky Bobby’s family with a gross-out splat, implying the soon-to-be stock car racer was born in the back of a speeding Chevelle driven by his reprobate father.

From Salon Aug. 16, 2026

Like the rest of the nation, California has seen a remarkable explosion in demand for electricity, driven in large part by the rise of artificial intelligence data centers, electric vehicles and building electrification.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 16, 2026

Poland is seeing an artificial intelligence boom driven by U.S. tech investments, new talent, and supportive government policies.

From Barron's Aug. 16, 2026

She hadn’t driven in almost ten years, she said.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall

He described it as a "horrific incident" and "irresponsible and dangerous driving".

From BBC Aug. 17, 2026

The uptick in home buyers started during the pandemic, when low interest rates drew capital into the residential market, driving up prices and helping renovation projects pencil out.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 2026

They have appealed for witnesses to the crash or anyone driving on that stretch of the motorway at the time to contact them.

From BBC Aug. 17, 2026

But there are serious fears that the massively expensive artificial-intelligence buildout is driving up costs in everything from materials to consumer electronics.

From MarketWatch Aug. 16, 2026

When we came outside again, it was dark, and Pa insisted on driving Rae Ellen home in the pickup.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney




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