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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

"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

If Greenland’s ice continues to melt, rising seas will submerge their homes and farms, like those of the Norse.

From Salon ● Jan. 24, 2025

As far as Harry could judge, it was not deep, but to retrieve the sword he would have to submerge himself completely.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling

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

There are poignant streaks throughout as Baumgartner delves into the past — or, rather, submerges himself in the “world of Then.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 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

Thidarat Silsuwan, 56, lives alone in her partially submerged house along the Premprachakorn canal.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

Videos from Bangkok show cars trying to navigate roads that have been entirely submerged by the floodwaters, with some vehicles appearing stranded.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

Doggerland was a Neolithic landscape off the east coast of England that is now submerged beneath the North Sea.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026

The San Francisco Police Department’s Marine Unit found the submerged wreckage using boat-mounted sonar.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

The knight is halfway submerged in the bay.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz

“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

Rescue operations are under way in Uttarkashi district after a gigantic wave of water gushed down the mountains into Dharali village on Tuesday, submerging roads and buildings in its path.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2025

For the next eight years, as if submerging into quicksand, I sank deeper into debt.

From Salon ● May 11, 2025

Chou puts the chickens in the pot, submerging them in water to boil them whole.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung




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