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Racism has been a feature of American history since the first slave ship hove to off Jamestown in 1619.
From Salon • Aug. 9, 2025
As the band of Midvale Steel and Ordnance Company hove into sight, the first airplanes were seen overhead.
From Slate • Jun. 20, 2020
My husband’s worried face hove into view, coming nearer and nearer.
From The Guardian • Dec. 6, 2018
“The jury is still out,” said Luc Van den hove, chief executive of the Belgium-based chip research center Imec.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 12, 2016
We could hear the car several blocks before it actually hove into sight, because it was equipped with an exhaust whistle that was allowed to function as a matter of routine.
From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
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