- plural of diva.
dive
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A deep dive into the market for legacy sports franchises indicates to Sports Value Consulting co-founder and chief executive Michael Rapkoch that the investment is sound.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
But for anyone to dive deeper, the movie first had to get people’s eyes.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026
A deep dive that might change how you see bar soap: The humble bar of soap used to define the American way.
From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2026
It’s a mind-blowing dive into human communication and extrasensory perception.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
Seeing no one I knew, nowhere I could squeeze in, my mood threatened to dive again.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Some perform feats of strength, flips, aerial dance moves, head-first dives.
From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026
But then a beat later, she laughs it off and dives in, remembering that her husband showed her an Instagram post from Nolan’s set revealing how the movie’s Cyclops was, in fact, a puppet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
During 32 dives to the site, explorers collected samples from 485 whale-fossil sites and active whale falls, and found a treasure trove of remains, including one extinct whale's skeleton.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026
The sub took up to three people on the dives, collecting the fossil samples using robotic arms.
From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026
He dives through the air, his face frozen in a mask of terror.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
Four ocean rescue swimmers jumped into the ocean and dived down to the submerged vehicle, where they were able to successfully extract the victim, who was later identified by her family as Alli Renee Singh.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
One writer sailing the Persian Gulf in 1939 described how 32 men each dived 100 times beneath the sea, filling seven sacks with oysters, only to find a “teaspoonful” of low-grade pearls in their haul.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
While still only 30 years old, Phillips' career has nose dived since joining City from Leeds in 2022, playing just seven minutes of EFL Cup action for the club over the past two seasons.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
Tokyo's Nikkei tanked four percent as Kioxia shed more than 18 percent, while Advantest and Tokyo Electron dived 10 percent and 11 percent respectively.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
Chip dived out through the small space, barely missing landing in a holly bush.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
A recent Wall Street Journal article dove into the reasons why people are keeping more than $3 trillion in retail money-market funds—near an all-time high, according to the Investment Company Institute.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
"I dove headfirst into my own hell," she wrote.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
Despite having been in basic training only eight months, he knew what that meant, and dove for the floor.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
Warsh may be more of a dove on rates than he appears at first glance.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 29, 2026
“Love potions are made the same way, except you use a dove instead of a bat.”
From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce
Then comes Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, with a separate 23-page dissent, diving into the merits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
Elsewhere, executives at Home Depot on Tuesday said that consumers were diving into smaller home-repair projects.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
The Philippine government has designated the roughly 260-square-mile area an economic development zone, pitching the bay’s tropical beaches and scuba diving on World War II shipwrecks to tourists.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Klaasen was superbly caught by a diving Donald on the boundary before Bracewell was pinned lbw, and the crowd came to life at Dawson's swings and misses at his first two balls.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
“Nah. It’s safety glass. Besides, all those years of dumpster diving makes a dog tough. Scruffy, Tater, and me did a quick sweep of the kennels.”
From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein
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