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  • past tense form of reeve.
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rove

[rohv] / roʊv /


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In a paper published in the journal “Cell,” they break down the remarkable ability of one species of rove beetle to live among the typically combative ants.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 10, 2026

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

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

While I wait for instructions from the command center, I continue to rove, gliding over a sand dune that is relatively easy to traverse.

From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga

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

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

I sat alone on my couch in Columbia, S.C.; my three sons roved around me.

From Washington Post Jun. 2, 2022

His eyes, meanwhile, roved very slowly all around the room--he completed the arc by turning to inspect the people directly behind.

From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Yet investors are unlikely to care about Demand Progress’ roving billboards in Washington.

From MarketWatch Jul. 14, 2026

But with the dwindling of the much-loved Resident, there are just a few places nearby to see music or go dancing in the Arts District other than roving warehouse parties.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 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

The company this week rolled out ads touting mobile service, where roving technicians, equipped with special service vans, travel to wherever customers are and perform diagnostics, maintenance and some repairs on site.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 6, 2026

‘They moves about and comes and goes. There’s sometimes fifty of them in their sheds up Hobbiton way; but they go out from there roving round, thieving or “gathering” as they call it.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien




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