submersible

Example Sentences

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Closing fields hurriedly, as many were in the early days of the war, can damage wells in addition to equipment such as submersible pumps that lift oil from fields where natural pressure isn’t strong enough.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

As a young postdoctoral scientist, he joined pioneering expeditions and descended more than a mile below the ocean surface in the submersible Alvin, where he observed thriving ecosystems in total darkness.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

The robot is fully submersible in case of flooding and is compatible with special snow tires.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2026

Some years later, you may recall, he made a solo dive in a submersible to the bottom of the Mariana Trench.

From Slate • Dec. 9, 2025

And I like imagining that I am there sometimes, in a spherical metal submersible with windows that are 30 cm thick to stop them from imploding under the pressure.

From "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon