dive
Example Sentences
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The boys dive for a velvet armchair and tussle for a moment before realizing they both fit.
From Literature
The latest example is the insurance sector, where shares dived Monday on news of the first AI insurance app to be built on ChatGPT.
From Barron's
He ran between a pair of officials, one of whom dived after him and missed, then took off toward the end zone.
From Los Angeles Times
“The phone wasn’t waterproof anyway and the bag was drenched. I guess I should dive back down and look for it. We could use some of the other stuff, like the first aid kit.”
From Literature
The training involved diving through a hole in a frozen lake to simulate breaking through ice, and camping alone in snow shelters in the woods.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
