rove
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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
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
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
And I am a rover who can rove on Mars.
From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga
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
Sassoon roved across Europe, the Middle East and North Africa buying up old books, and by his death in 1942, he had amassed over 1,200 manuscripts.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 22, 2023
I sat alone on my couch in Columbia, S.C.; my three sons roved around me.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 2, 2022
Jennifer Songster roved the crowded aisles of the small mom-and-pop shop, riffling through books in Khmer, the official language of Cambodia.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 17, 2020
His eyes roved the room and saw the crumpled copy of the newspaper lying forgotten in a corner.
From "Native Son" by Richard Wright
The writer described the singularly Los Angeles role of such people, working in this “spread-out, skyscraperless city where perpetual rush hours thwart would-be roving reporters.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
Yet investors are unlikely to care about Demand Progress’ roving billboards in Washington.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
He's roving the stadium with a camera crew, shooting a documentary commemorating this one-off event.
From BBC ● Jun. 21, 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
Every time it stopped, the metal arms unfolded and turned this way and that, like a roving robot on an alien planet looking for signs of life.
From "The Maze Runner" by James Dashner
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