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submerge

[suhb-murj] / səbˈmɜrdʒ /


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Now that “Barrio Triste” is being unleashed, after it premiered at the Venice International Film Festival last year, Stillz wants to submerge himself in its synths more than its pixels.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 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

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

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

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 would be all the more of a mystery to her that the woman submerges herself.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

Within its underground habitat, Erhaia dijiang lives among submerged gravel and broken rock in water less than one meter deep.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026

Third-generation farmer Sondre Eide keeps his fish in a submerged, sealed facility called Watermoon, roughly the size of 12 Olympic swimming pools.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

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

Officials had to rescue people in vehicles that were submerged by flood waters.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

Even the Latest Model was aware that all hell was liable to break loose at any time after Dad submerged under the black cloth.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey

“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

In 2022, a 30-metre-high garbage heap at a landfill in West Java's Cipayung triggered a landslide that entered a river, submerging a bridge to the neighbouring village.

From Barron's ● Feb. 17, 2026

Videos shared online show a giant wave of water gushing through the area, submerging buildings along the path.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 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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