be sunk
Example Sentences
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Two 80-metre barges are also being stationed at Paks that could be sunk to raise the water level.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
The group organised a farewell ceremony with bagpipers on Tuesday after learning that the ship was to be sunk the following morning.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2025
This is the better-than-ten-bagger bet that AI luminaries talk up as they set out plans for trillions of dollars to be sunk into data centers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2025
But terrestrial biomass can be sunk only where supplies of waste are located near suitable bodies of water.
From Science Magazine ● Dec. 22, 2023
And her fathers career—one she had been told was necessary to make the world better—would be sunk along with it.
From "Time Bomb" by Joelle Charbonneau
