drowning

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Apart from “The Drowning Pool,” all these films are set in Los Angeles; “Drowning Pool” features Paul Newman as an L.A.-based detective tracking a case in Louisiana.

From Salon • Oct. 8, 2025

Drowning is a leading cause of death in national parks, and national forests are often wilder and more remote than parks.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2025

Drowning can happen quickly, quietly, and without warning.

From Slate • Jun. 15, 2024

"Drowning is the endpoint of death in the water, but we're trying to determine the actual cause of death: hypothermia? Hypoxia? Swimming induced pulmonary edema?"

From Science Daily • Mar. 7, 2024

Drowning out all other noise is the music that blares from many sidewalk shops of the cassette vendors.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver