dave
(transitive, UK, _, dialectal) To assuage; soften; mitigate; relieve; calm; alleviate (pain).
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🤔Liverpool's DREAM signing: Is he worth it? Join Dave Davis & Trev Downey on 'The Transfer Show' Watch the full podcast for FREE on YouTube.
Cirl Bunting yesterday at Labrador Bay. After see one briefly and hearing another, we were about to leave the carpark when this one landed in a nesrby bush and started singing. With Dave Woodhouse. #birds #ukbirding #…
Bullfrog Blues Club, Southsea is proud to welcome Dave Kelly (of The Blues Band) this Thursday 7th May 2026 at 8pm. Tickets available on the door from 8pm, in person from Street Level Music, Albert Rd., Southsea, or…
Luke Skywalker is a total dweeb, and if you don't understand that you cannot make good Star Wars media. (This is why Rian Johnson is undefeated, and JJ Abrams sucks (Dave Filoni is on thin ice, at best).)
Anne Shirley danced with one of the Kids in the Hall. I'm not sure if Dave Foley agrees with his write-up on the Anne of Green Gables Wiki: anneofgreengables.fandom.com/wiki/Dave_Fo...
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(transitive, UK, _, dialectal) To assuage; soften; mitigate; relieve; calm; alleviate (pain).
“🤔Liverpool's DREAM signing: Is he worth it? Join Dave Davis & Trev Downey on 'The Transfer Show' Watch the full podcast for FREE on YouTube.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Cirl Bunting yesterday at Labrador Bay. After see one briefly and hearing another, we were about to leave the carpark when this one landed in a nesrby bush and started singing. With Dave Woodhouse. #birds #ukbirding #devonbirding #cirlbunting”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Bullfrog Blues Club, Southsea is proud to welcome Dave Kelly (of The Blues Band) this Thursday 7th May 2026 at 8pm. Tickets available on the door from 8pm, in person from Street Level Music, Albert Rd., Southsea, or online here : barkingspider.abelgratis.com/tickets/”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Luke Skywalker is a total dweeb, and if you don't understand that you cannot make good Star Wars media. (This is why Rian Johnson is undefeated, and JJ Abrams sucks (Dave Filoni is on thin ice, at best).)”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Anne Shirley danced with one of the Kids in the Hall. I'm not sure if Dave Foley agrees with his write-up on the Anne of Green Gables Wiki: anneofgreengables.fandom.com/wiki/Dave_Fo...”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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