high dive
Example Sentences
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He was often faulted for dipping his toe into mature themes without risking a high dive into full-scale tragedy, and not risking more politically or socially daring plays.
From Washington Post • Aug. 26, 2018
In taking on the issue of crime and gentrification in a single column, I climbed the journalistic equivalent of an Olympic high dive and failed.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 20, 2017
After a high dive while wearing a metal crown in the studio's hit "Million Dollar Mermaid," a stunt replicated in "Hail, Caesar!,"
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2016
In it, the boy decides to jump off the high dive for the first time.
From Slate • Jan. 14, 2015
She had not been up a high dive since.
From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull
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