- past tense form of drive.
drove
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Afterwards, Ruto personally drove the couple to their waiting helicopter.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
It was supposed to be a year where healthy economic growth drove a broadening out of the stock market.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026
He was accompanied by a woman who drove him around.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
"Higher doses of cannabinoids and environmental stress worked together to synergistically release the 'brake' on the central amygdala, which in turn drove excessive anxiety," Patel explained.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026
Now, when I drove down the main street, I would not be taken for a derelict.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
He was the leader of the military when it began a 2017 crackdown evicting Rohingya in droves from their homes in western Myanmar.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
In L.A., people trip and fall in droves and successfully sue the city for millions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
We thought Gen Z had started going to church in droves.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
The goofy, R-rated “Starship Troopers” famously tanked domestically among adults, but was a notable hit among teen boys, who sneaked into the flick in droves.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026
His campaign had worked, and now the Bonnies were arriving in droves, demanding the same hospitality they'd received last month in Orlando.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
Cattle that have been two weeks at grass may, however, be safely droved.
From Cattle and Cattle-breeders by William M'Combie
In a practice known as turkey droving, thousands of birds, some wearing tiny leather boots, were herded through fields and along rough roads on a three-month journey.
From BBC ● Dec. 24, 2025
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
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
Growing up in Moree, in outback New South Wales, he would go droving at weekends while he was still at school.
From Time Magazine Archive
Proper attention was no doubt paid to the droving, the men who had charge of them being trained to the occupation.
From Cattle and Cattle-breeders by William M'Combie
