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delves

  • present tense form of delve (3rd person singular).

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Both Hope, who represents Delves Lane in Consett, and Harrison, who represents Seaham, said their relationship with the Durham Reform leadership had broken down irrevocably.

From BBC • May 16, 2026

“The only thing that premium and superpremium guarantee you is that you are paying more for that container,” Mr. Delves said.

From New York Times • May 4, 2022

Director Harry Delves said the level of bulk-buying was "completely unprecedented".

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2020

Philip Delves Broughton, an HBS alumnus, calls his fellow MBAs “masters of the apocalypse”.

From Economist • Jan. 16, 2014

This is the day when the Powis family are crown'd with felicity.—I think on it with rapture.—I will set it down on the heart of your dutiful and affectionate E. Delves.

From Barford Abbey by Gunning, Susannah Minific