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drowning

ADJECTIVE
sinking
Synonyms


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On Amazon, you can get blue-blockers for $20—if you want to be a sucker whose eyes are drowning in other short-wavelength light!

From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2026

I am drowning in debt, as the old saying goes, and I need to take action.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026

In a news release, officials said an unidentified person who reported a possible drowning said White appeared to have an “unknown emergency” after entering the state’s largest reservoir to save the animal.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026

Party chairwoman Bridget Phillipson said Reform were "drowning" in "sleaze and scandal",.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

A petite girl with long curly hair, drowning in a yellow T-shirt, is consulting a seerah book.

From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali




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