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Recent Examples of olive
Jackman, dressed in a cozy blue chore jacket and olive chinos, is at the edge of the bare stage, working out a lighting cue for his opening monologue with director Ian Rickson.
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Christopher Barnard, Vogue, 28 Apr. 2025
You’re guaranteed a restful stay at the masseria (Italian for farm house), set amid hectares of almond and olive groves (Toritto is several miles away).
—Catherine Sabino, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
Keoghan wore an olive velvet Burberry velvet jacket with matching trousers.
—Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 6 May 2025
Peel the olive flesh from the pit and discard the pit.
—Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Mar. 2025
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Christopher Barnard, Vogue, 28 Apr. 2025
You’re guaranteed a restful stay at the masseria (Italian for farm house), set amid hectares of almond and olive groves (Toritto is several miles away).
—Catherine Sabino, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
Keoghan wore an olive velvet Burberry velvet jacket with matching trousers.
—Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 6 May 2025
Peel the olive flesh from the pit and discard the pit.
—Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for olive
Adjective
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Fungal Infections Fungal infections and diseases are another reason hydrangea leaves may turn brown.—
Lauren David,
Southern Living,
31 May 2025
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Black and brown Americans were largely excluded from many of those opportunities, and white Americans in poor rural areas were left behind by globalization.—
John Hope Bryant,
Time,
30 May 2025
Adjective
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Elements of her can be found on Lioness in Zoe Saldaña’s Joe McNamara, a CIA operative trying to save the world from the swarthy — terrorists in Season One, Mexican cartels in Season Two — while raising two girls.—
Stephen Rodrick,
Rolling Stone,
9 Mar. 2025
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Jett Rink was a really malevolent varmint, and kind of swarthy and dark.—
Jeff Conway,
Forbes,
2 Dec. 2024
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“Olive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/olive. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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