- past tense form of reeve.
rove
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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
I hired an electric violinist to rove around the bathhouse and play during the event.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2025
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
Never the flaming eye of Helios lights on those men at morning, when he climbs the sky of stars, nor in descending earthward out of heaven; ruinous night being rove over those wretches.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
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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
Throughout campus, private security vehicles positioned themselves in well-traveled areas and roved the streets as part of the university’s pledge to maintain a stepped-up presence for students’ arrival.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 11, 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 roved the Hall endlessly, searching for mischief.
From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl
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Yet investors are unlikely to care about Demand Progress’ roving billboards in Washington.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 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
Old and rusting tankers like these form what maritime experts call the “shadow fleet,” a roving armada of hundreds of vessels that ferry oil for sanctioned regimes, including Iran and Russia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
It’s impossible to imagine Los Angeles’ electronic scene without Das Bunker, a roving party founded in Long Beach in 1996 by DJ and promoter John Giovanazzi to champion brutalist club music.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026
It was like a weapon out of Star Wars; it looked about, roving from one side of the crowd to the other.
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
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