drown
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You may think the floor-to-ceiling speakers drown out your work gossip, but even at the loudest shows talking can be disruptive.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Choi’s advice was to go the other direction: blister them, puree them, drown them in vinegar or chili, add something sweet, blend them into sauces, make them taste like the foods you already crave.
From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2026
“Many don’t see that as a choice at all. ... Do you want to jump in hot oil, or do you want to drown in the ocean?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Firstly, there was anger that it would drown out a conference that has been months in the planning.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
I drift off, and a wave of thoughts hits me, threatening to pull me into the undertow and drown me.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
It buys prestige, photographs, the roar that drowns out everything the host would rather you not hear.
From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026
She simply drowns them out with the sound machine as she drifts into a deep sleep.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 17, 2026
The bass notes of the girl group’s first single “Debut” echo through the venue, bright stage lights shine on its members and a screaming crowd nearly drowns out their vocals.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 9, 2025
Fans assumed that The Fate of Ophelia would tether Swift Shakespeare's story of a noblewoman who drowns in a fit of mania after being driven mad by grief.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2025
Scoob freezes, heart thumping so fast in his ears, it practically drowns out the sound of the phone.
From "Clean Getaway" by Nic Stone
Parts of Orange County, still a vast agricultural Eden, were drowned.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
But by the time it was over, clips of “Ted, you suck” drowned out everything the senator actually said about the Protect College Sports Act.
From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2026
English accents were difficult to pick out around the fight venue and whatever travelling support he did have was comprehensively drowned out by Garcia's largely Mexican-American following.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
Chants of "Ole, Ole, Ole" drowned out Pili's ringwalk music before Taylor finally emerged to 'All Hail King Jesus', a nod to the faith she has spoken so openly about throughout her career.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
She finally started to cry, but luckily the mountain drowned out the sound.
From "I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980" by Lauren Tarshis
Napa’s heralded Signorello Estate winery is drowning in debt, according to its bankruptcy filing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
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
When Brianna Beyrouti looks back on her former life in the city of Portland, Oregon, she says she had been financially "drowning".
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 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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