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 rise, fragment, submerge, reconstitute, reemerge, sometimes with different names, different uniforms, but the same cast, and same sentiments.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2024
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
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
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