wade in
Example Sentences
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The problem with wars is that when they don’t go as you planned, you have an ugly choice—end them unsatisfactorily or wade in deeper.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026
Despite Mr Miles having protested at the time, he was not keen to wade in too much.
From BBC • Feb. 21, 2024
He is my siblings’ laughter, running laps around the tide pools we’d wade in as children along the Jersey shore.
From Salon • Feb. 3, 2024
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo says she is leaving the X platform because it fosters division and has become a “gigantic global sewer” that she refuses to wade in any longer.
From Washington Times • Nov. 27, 2023
We stopped swimming and playing there, but we still had to wade in to fill our cans with water.
From "Lost Boy, Lost Girl" by John Bul Dau
