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drowning

adjective as in sinking

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Some of the richest men in the world, such as Elon Musk and Rupert Murdoch, dumped billions of dollars into drowning Americans in far-right propaganda.

From Salon

Officials ruled that his death was an accident but the drowning, coronary artery disease and the effects of an opioid treatment drug, were also contributing factors.

From Salon

While his death at 54 was initially classified as a drowning, an autopsy revealed that the level of ketamine in his blood was about the same as would be used during general anesthesia.

A Reseda woman who became obsessed with Qanon conspiracies and unfounded notions of a sex-trafficking ring before drowning her three children was found to have been insane during the killings, a judge ruled Thursday.

Post-mortem test evidence showed none of the teenagers had significant injuries but examinations of their lungs showed features of drowning.

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