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Recent Examples of calves
Virginia Chamlee, People.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Tucker is 6 feet tall, the average height of newborn calves after birth.
—Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 8 Apr. 2025
This necessarily trial-and-error process could lead to incredible suffering for both elephant mothers and mammoth calves along the way.
—Nitin Sekar, ArsTechnica, 5 Apr. 2025
Asian elephants in modern zoo facilities suffer from infertility and lose their calves to stillbirth and infanticides almost twice as often as elephants in semi-wild conditions.
—Nitin Sekar, ArsTechnica, 5 Apr. 2025
Consider modifying by lying on your back with your knees bent at a 90-degree angle and your calves resting on a couch.
—Aubrey Bailey, Pt, Dpt, Cht, Verywell Health, 4 Apr. 2025
That includes stretching exercises for tight calves.
—Cindy Kuzma, SELF, 4 Apr. 2025
Tight calves can also pull on your Achilles, which then tugs on your plantar fascia, since both attach to your heel bone.
—Cindy Kuzma, SELF, 4 Apr. 2025
Mother humpbacks can be spotted with their newborn calves following closely behind, and to sweeten the deal, truly fortunate visitors might catch a glimpse of a southern right whale, an elusive species that’s only found in the Southern Hemisphere.
—Jared Ranahan, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
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Uki's next step will be getting up close and personal with Kaboodle, a 20-year-old female who has had multiple walrus calves and is a very experienced mom.
—Virginia Chamlee, People.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Tucker is 6 feet tall, the average height of newborn calves after birth.
—Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 8 Apr. 2025
This necessarily trial-and-error process could lead to incredible suffering for both elephant mothers and mammoth calves along the way.
—Nitin Sekar, ArsTechnica, 5 Apr. 2025
Asian elephants in modern zoo facilities suffer from infertility and lose their calves to stillbirth and infanticides almost twice as often as elephants in semi-wild conditions.
—Nitin Sekar, ArsTechnica, 5 Apr. 2025
Consider modifying by lying on your back with your knees bent at a 90-degree angle and your calves resting on a couch.
—Aubrey Bailey, Pt, Dpt, Cht, Verywell Health, 4 Apr. 2025
That includes stretching exercises for tight calves.
—Cindy Kuzma, SELF, 4 Apr. 2025
Tight calves can also pull on your Achilles, which then tugs on your plantar fascia, since both attach to your heel bone.
—Cindy Kuzma, SELF, 4 Apr. 2025
Mother humpbacks can be spotted with their newborn calves following closely behind, and to sweeten the deal, truly fortunate visitors might catch a glimpse of a southern right whale, an elusive species that’s only found in the Southern Hemisphere.
—Jared Ranahan, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
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“Calves.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calves. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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