submerge

Example Sentences

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"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

They had been opposing plans to build the Gangtuo dam and hydropower plant, which would displace several villages and submerge ancient monasteries with sacred relics.

From BBC • Dec. 27, 2024

I really wish that I had that time to submerge myself that way, but I didn't.

From Salon • Dec. 25, 2024

Back then, the villagers and animals shared the same watering hole, and the rhino would submerge himself in the shallows and wait.

From "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind" by William Kamkwamba