submerge
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Listen to Yamaha: A swirling 80s funk groove allows Dijon to submerge himself in the bliss of enduring love.
From BBC ● Dec. 20, 2025
"But they are really flat yet prone to human-caused subsidence, so sustained sea level rise could submerge them really fast."
From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2025
The implication of Zandi’s research is that the national economy would submerge under the waves if either of these two gigantic state economies were to falter.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 11, 2025
For us, the most important thing is that we keep enjoying the concerts, the crowd singing, how people forget everything around them and such submerge themselves in this environment of Maná.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2025
The island had begun to submerge, but only just, and the boat bobbed in place as the ropes held.
From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook
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But at night this thoughtful tenant farmer’s daughter sits in the servants’ hall and submerges herself in serious study.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
There are poignant streaks throughout as Baumgartner delves into the past — or, rather, submerges himself in the “world of Then.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2023
It could not be roped off because water submerges it during high tide.
From New York Times ● Dec. 5, 2022
According to a release, the design includes horizontal striping “that seemingly submerges the ‘S’ crest below the Navy stripe sea.”
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 20, 2022
It submerges her throat and her nose, her open eyes that do not perceive salt.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
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Four ocean rescue swimmers jumped into the ocean and dived down to the submerged vehicle, where they were able to successfully extract the victim, who was later identified by her family as Alli Renee Singh.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
Among those killed was a woman who died inside her car submerged on a flooded road, authorities said.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Those killed included a man in his 60s or 70s found floating in a flooded road and a 66-year-old woman stuck in her submerged car, the Chiba Prefecture Disaster Management Office said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
His team planted fabricated papers naming the targets in a submerged chest in a Czech lake near the German border before “discovering” them in 1964.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Then I’m in the cold sea, submerged beneath the waves.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
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“The precise mechanisms of holding one’s breath, letting air out, and submerging the body underwater are not visible in the archive,” Ms. Fernando notes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Residents told Spanish media that by the time they received the mobile alert, muddy water was already surrounding their cars, submerging streets and pouring into their homes.
From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2025
Rescue operations are under way in Uttarkashi district after a gigantic wave of water gushed down the mountains into Dharali village on Tuesday, submerging roads and buildings in its path.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2025
For the next eight years, as if submerging into quicksand, I sank deeper into debt.
From Salon ● May 11, 2025
Heaven sent slumber in an endless tide submerging my sad heart among the leaves.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
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