sub

Example Sentences

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Kempy convinced me to put Ricardo down as a sub, and not to have any contact with him until Monday, after the game.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 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

“While the headline index is still at a level that historically has been consistent with weak sub 2% growth, growth has been stronger than implied by the index for the past three years.”

From Barron's • Feb. 3, 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

The sub was taken directly to the Warren Lasch Conservation Center in Charleston and put into a specially designed 75,000 gallon freshwater conservation tank.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler