be sunk

Example Sentences

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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

It is entirely possible that “Emilia Pérez” will finally be sunk by all the controversies plaguing it this year.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 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