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  • past tense form of reeve.
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rove

[rohv] / roʊv /


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Its species name honors Dr. Harald Schillhammer of the Natural History Museum Vienna for his extensive and outstanding contributions to rove beetle research.

From Science Daily Aug. 4, 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

His small milky-blue eyes would rove the Hall for the full sixty minutes, searching for trouble, and heaven help the boy who caused it.

From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl

He roved the stage and gestured frequently, and, like the others he got a standing ovation but didn't hang around long to soak it up, heading for the wings after just 30 seconds.

From BBC Oct. 2, 2024

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

In New York, Borda treated her orchestra as frontline cultural emissaries, especially in the way players roved the city’s boroughs in flatbed trucks spreading goodwill.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 18, 2021

The auntie’s eyes roved over me in turn.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

“Maybe the answer was enmeshed in the question,” she tells readers in “The Butterfly Season,” a roving account of her adventure, first published in Denmark last year.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 11, 2026

Pirela, the Padres’ roving catching instructor, was with the organization’s triple-A affiliate in El Paso during its home game Aug. 15 against the Salt Lake City Bees, an Angels affiliate.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2026

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

He walked me swiftly toward the house, eyes always roving through the night.

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer




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