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calves

[kavz, kahvz] / kævz, kɑvz /


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“If I lived in another country, my legs wouldn’t look like this,” she said, rolling up her pants to show the chronic sores on her calves.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2026

Beef production reached 706,296 tonnes in the quarter ending June 2025, while the gross value of cattle and calves slaughtered totaled $4.9 billion.

From Science Daily • Jan. 12, 2026

"She put all the energy into the calves, the calves are in good shape, but it took it off the mother," Moore said.

From BBC • Jan. 9, 2026

She said it would be high risk for the cow as well as the calves.

From BBC • Jan. 9, 2026

But my squatting calves were aching, so I moved.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell