submerge
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"As the plane began to submerge, we exited the aircraft and swam to a shallow area, where we waited until emergency responders reached us by boat," Tiffany wrote on social media.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
More typically and woefully, our parents submerge it.
From Salon ● Feb. 4, 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
I submerge and scan my surroundings, dodging the many sea creatures peacefully swimming around.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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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
He submerges his full body into the frigid bubbling water for three chilly minutes, climbs out and hops into the warm whirlpool tub next to it for three minutes.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 20, 2023
It would be all the more of a mystery to her that the woman submerges herself.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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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
Thidarat Silsuwan, who lives alone in her partially submerged house along the Premprachakorn canal, said she did not want to go to a shelter as she worked to clean up and salvage her belongings.
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
A flood emergency disaster has been declared across Bangkok after 48 hours of heavy rain left roads in the Thai capital submerged.
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
Like a pelican, it swoops down gently, slicing the tips of little wakes until its open bill is fully submerged, scooping nearly a thousand gallons—all within seconds.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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Certain actions, such as submerging the ball in water or exposing it to high heat, are prohibited.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2025
Residents told Spanish media that by the time they received the mobile alert, muddy water was already surrounding their cars, submerging streets and pouring into their homes.
From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2025
Heavy rainfall in India's financial capital Mumbai has disrupted the lives of millions of people, submerging roads and leading to flight and train cancellations.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2025
For the next eight years, as if submerging into quicksand, I sank deeper into debt.
From Salon ● May 11, 2025
The stern disappears beneath the wave, the main deck is flooded, and the surge hits the helm, submerging me.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
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