be sunk
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This is the better-than-ten-bagger bet that AI luminaries talk up as they set out plans for trillions of dollars to be sunk into data centers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 5, 2025
It is entirely possible that “Emilia Pérez” will finally be sunk by all the controversies plaguing it this year.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2025
But terrestrial biomass can be sunk only where supplies of waste are located near suitable bodies of water.
From Science Magazine • Dec. 22, 2023
The 12,490-tonne cruiser is the biggest Russian warship to be sunk in action since World War Two.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2022
Or else they would have given up the effort, and each man would be sunk in his own pool of silence.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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