deep water
Example Sentences
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Kennedy Shoal is a well-known fishing reef in deep water.
From Barron's • May 24, 2026
“No one had ever filmed a tiger killing in deep water before,” Thapar recounts.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026
Our report found that by the time of the Deepwater Horizon calamity, federal regulators had been routinely rubber-stamping new ventures into deep water.
From Slate • Jan. 14, 2026
But while the two shared a long history, he says Sangha never hinted that she was in deep water.
From BBC • Dec. 6, 2025
The wave hesitated, balanced there, and then hissed back toward the deep water, its tentacles not quite interested enough in me to drag me with it.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
