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submerge

[suhb-murj] / səbˈmɜrdʒ /


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More typically and woefully, our parents submerge it.

From Salon ● Feb. 4, 2026

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

Then the reactor core and spent fuel storage are flooded with enough water to submerge the area to a depth of about 30 feet.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

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

No stranger to zingers from his years of playing Jack McFarland on “Will & Grace,” Hayes submerges himself in the despair and despondency that were the fuel for Levant’s storied wit.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2023

That inhibits its ability to sink, slowing the overturning circulation that submerges atmospheric carbon and instead leaving it near the surface, limiting the ocean's ability to absorb more of the greenhouse gas.

From Salon ● Apr. 3, 2023

He submerges his full body into the frigid bubbling water for three chilly minutes, climbs out and hops into the warm whirlpool tub next to it for three minutes.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 20, 2023

The captain orders the master-at-arms to fire the cannon, but the whale submerges too quickly to be fired upon.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman

A house next door had cracks in its side, and others had wooden decks falling into or submerged in the water.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026

Thidarat Silsuwan, 56, lives alone in her partially submerged house along the Premprachakorn canal.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

Videos from Bangkok show cars trying to navigate roads that have been entirely submerged by the floodwaters, with some vehicles appearing stranded.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

Doggerland was a Neolithic landscape off the east coast of England that is now submerged beneath the North Sea.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026

The big submerged rock and the wave, the great wave, had taken the raft and he had seen that—the raft moving off downriver.

From "The River" by Gary Paulsen

Certain actions, such as submerging the ball in water or exposing it to high heat, are prohibited.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2025

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

The Sutlej River had overflowed, submerging homes and washing away the walls that were meant to protect them.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2025

For the next eight years, as if submerging into quicksand, I sank deeper into debt.

From Salon ● May 11, 2025

She rode on, submerging herself deeper in the Dothraki sea.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin


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