- past tense form of drive.
drove
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But they’re off highs of more than $230 reached in 2020, when the pandemic drove demand for hand sanitizer and other cleaning products.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
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
While she spoke, she held my 3-year-old, who would stay home with my dad while we drove more than five hours to a hospital in Virginia.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
The bank said inflation was low but the risks of it becoming too high had increased as the Middle East conflict drove up energy prices.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
I think it was only the cold that drove me back inside.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
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Unemployment hit double digits and the city’s residents left in droves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
The app has boosted lesser-known businesses and sent tourists in droves to unconventional locations such as Zibo, a quiet industrial city in Shandong, after its cheap, marinated barbecue skewers went viral.
From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026
"People started arriving in droves, they started bringing tools. But the firefighters who were there said it was impossible to get through, and they left."
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
And then came the World Cup, with droves of fans making their way to local stadiums and watch parties.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026
I could see the Sixer troops around Daito screaming into their comlinks for backup, and additional Sixer gunships were still arriving in droves.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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Cattle that have been two weeks at grass may, however, be safely droved.
From Cattle and Cattle-breeders by William M'Combie
The Captain's Road, which links two droving inns, Tibbie Shiel's and Tushielaw, was one of the earliest metalled roads connecting the Ettrick and Yarrow valleys.
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2022
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
I simply drove into the subject and when it comes to droving into a subject a Durante admits no peers.
From Time Magazine Archive
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When Cooktown was opened as a port for the diggings, the overland route was abandoned for dray traffic, and droving stock alone used it.
From Early Days in North Queensland by Edward Palmer