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submerge

[suhb-murj] / səbˈmɜrdʒ /


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But it’s when the filmmakers submerge the viewer into that celestial static that “Chronovisor” assumes an enduring, practically ancient quality.

From Salon Sep. 7, 2026

Now that “Barrio Triste” is being unleashed, after it premiered at the Venice International Film Festival last year, Stillz wants to submerge himself in its synths more than its pixels.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 13, 2026

"But they are really flat yet prone to human-caused subsidence, so sustained sea level rise could submerge them really fast."

From Science Daily Oct. 23, 2025

The implication of Zandi’s research is that the national economy would submerge under the waves if either of these two gigantic state economies were to falter.

From MarketWatch Oct. 11, 2025

If it rose too high, the water would submerge and kill shore plantings.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

But at night this thoughtful tenant farmer’s daughter sits in the servants’ hall and submerges herself in serious study.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 26, 2026

There are poignant streaks throughout as Baumgartner delves into the past — or, rather, submerges himself in the “world of Then.”

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 1, 2023

According to a release, the design includes horizontal striping “that seemingly submerges the ‘S’ crest below the Navy stripe sea.”

From Seattle Times Oct. 20, 2022

Torrential floods in southern China have disrupted the lives of almost half a million people, as rising water submerges cars and houses.

From New York Times Jun. 23, 2022

It would be all the more of a mystery to her that the woman submerges herself.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

Footage of the rescue shows one of the boys sat on the top of the front of the jet ski while the rest of the vehicle is submerged beneath choppy waves.

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

Those killed included a man in his 60s or 70s found floating in a flooded road and a 66-year-old woman stuck in her submerged car, the Chiba Prefecture Disaster Management Office said.

From Barron's Aug. 14, 2026

His team planted fabricated papers naming the targets in a submerged chest in a Czech lake near the German border before “discovering” them in 1964.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

At the same time, submerged cave environments created distinctive chemical and biological marks.

From Science Daily Aug. 4, 2026

Blaine might have been more forgiving if she had simply forgotten, if she had been so submerged in reading or blogging that the protest had slipped from her mind.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

“The precise mechanisms of holding one’s breath, letting air out, and submerging the body underwater are not visible in the archive,” Ms. Fernando notes.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

Residents told Spanish media that by the time they received the mobile alert, muddy water was already surrounding their cars, submerging streets and pouring into their homes.

From Barron's Nov. 3, 2025

Heavy rainfall in India's financial capital Mumbai has disrupted the lives of millions of people, submerging roads and leading to flight and train cancellations.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2025

For the next eight years, as if submerging into quicksand, I sank deeper into debt.

From Salon May 11, 2025

Chou puts the chickens in the pot, submerging them in water to boil them whole.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung




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