sink in

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"But you know, you'll get 100 positive comments and it doesn't sink in but then you get one negative comment and it feels personal and it hurts."

From BBC • May 23, 2026

Let that ratio sink in: For every dollar Apple spent imagining the future, it spent nearly four dollars buying back its own past.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 21, 2026

Back in Iran, a sense of the inevitable had begun to sink in for many there.

From Barron's • Apr. 12, 2026

Together, they have reminded everyone just how effective the splitter can be—even if the lesson took a little time to sink in.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

She’s at the sink in the kitchen, my apron around her middle, washing the dishes in water she’s warmed on the stove.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron