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underwater

[uhn-der-waw-ter, -wot-er] / ˈʌn dərˈwɔ tər, -ˈwɒt ər /
ADJECTIVE
under the water's surface
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That also means most of the debt sitting in investor portfolios is underwater.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026

Global interest in UUVs has soared since the start of the Middle East war when Iran claimed control of the Strait of Hormuz, said Grace Chia, chief executive of Singapore autonomous underwater vehicles firm BeeX.

From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026

In recent years there have been a number of incidents in the Baltic Sea where underwater cables have been damaged or completely cut.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

Multi-beam sonar systems send out hundreds of sound waves in a wide fan shape to map the depth and structure of a swath of underwater landscape.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

She tried with fingers and tried with teeth, spluttering and choking, because now the knot was quite a long way underwater.

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr


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