underwater

Example Sentences

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In some areas prices have slipped, leaving some owners underwater.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026

Still, the instant discount is something of a black eye, since it means investors who lined up to buy the fund at launch are already underwater.

From Barron's • May 1, 2026

A healthy otter population helps keep those underwater forests intact.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026

Led by Lamont scientist Suzanne Carbotte, with co-author Anne Bécel, the team sent sound waves into the seafloor and captured their echoes using a 15-kilometer-long array of underwater sensors.

From Science Daily • Apr. 29, 2026

Most challenging of all was the fact that there was not one person who had ever been involved in an underwater excavation in South Korea.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler