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sub

[suhb] / sʌb /


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The sub took up to three people on the dives, collecting the fossil samples using robotic arms.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

Watch out for him as a super sub.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

"He's tiny! It's blue!" one excited scientist was recorded as saying when she first caught sight of the cerulean cephalopod on footage transmitted from the sub.

From Barron's • May 25, 2026

To avoid paying twice—once to the sub and again to the contractor—get a release of claims and a lien waiver from the sub.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 25, 2026

So all I could do was watch the game start from the sideline and just hope that by some miracle I’d get a chance to sub in.

From "Winger" by Andrew Smith




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