drowned

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Last December, an experienced British female diver drowned in a scuba incident off the island resort of Ellaidhoo.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

Glass vases with metallic finishes of unnatural blue, green and gold are drowned in palm leaf motifs, ready to be flowered.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

A man has been charged over the deaths of two men and two women who drowned trying to cross the Channel on Thursday.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

Timo Kurkikangas’s sound design could use some tweaks—the spoken text was sometimes tinny or drowned out by the orchestra.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

I strained my ears to see what they were talking about, but the low hum of the surrounding equipment drowned it all out.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin