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dive

noun as in descent, usually underwater

noun as in dirty, sleazy establishment

verb as in descend, usually going underwater

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She snagged a wing on the rubberized feline and plunged into a dive over Queens.

When pressed on the research unearthed at Yale, she acknowledged, “we were so focused on Philip Johnson I don’t know that we did as deep a dive on this issue.”

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The air above Palau's pristine waters smells of salt and breadfruit, and on calm mornings in Koror, Palau's commercial centre, the whirr of dive boat engines echoes across the bay.

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Mr Kennard, who was acting as a diving marshal on the day, said the team were able to identify comparable finds reported in Cornwall and the Republic of Ireland in 2021.

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In his post-CEO role, Bezos still found himself diving deeply into work—logging 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. days filled with meetings.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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