sub

Example Sentences

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The health department's handling of sub national planning has been a disaster.

From BBC • Feb. 11, 2026

The ships and sub all survey surrounding waters using their sonar arrays, supplemented by signals from sonar buoys that they and aircraft drop nearby.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026

You can go maximalist — an Alison Roman–style ham party, complete with pickled vegetables, fancy mustard and crusty bread — or you can go blissfully minimal with a giant sub sliced into generous hunks.

From Salon • Feb. 3, 2026

Then the sub flashes its lights several times while those on board close their eyes.

From Barron's • Jan. 26, 2026

Their best player attacks, steals the ball, passes it down court to an open man, who shoots it just left of our sub goalie, who normally plays midfielder: Buzzer.

From "Booked" by Kwame Alexander