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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
The dark mouths of mines now hove into view, in all sizes and states of dilapidation.
From The New Yorker • Apr. 13, 2015
Madeleine Begun Kane http://www.madkane.com, Bayside, Queens, NY The wealthy gathered in droves, While to them a hurricane hove.
From Salon • Sep. 11, 2012
We hove up onto shore just as the sun was dimming behind acres of gray clouds, perhaps an hour left until full dark.
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
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