drown
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Secular Israelis were prepared with a counter-protest, blowing whistles to drown out the chants and with some wearing pink lapel buttons showing a middle finger.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
As lab-coated figures played by Kate McKinnon and Geena Davis attempt to deliver exposition, the pals drown them out chit-chatting about drivel.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
I added enough hot sauce to drown out the lemon.
From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026
He funnels huge amounts of money into those picks so they can win markets and drown out rivals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026
“And we shall drown if we do!” cried the Earthworm.
From "James and the Giant Peach" by Roald Dahl
The bass notes of the girl group’s first single “Debut” echo through the venue, bright stage lights shine on its members and a screaming crowd nearly drowns out their vocals.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 9, 2025
In Hamlet, Ophelia, his wife, a young noblewoman from Denmark, goes mad and drowns.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2025
Decades later he would tell a high-school English teacher that the scene in which Rabbit’s wife, Janice, accidentally drowns their baby “was the most intense writing of my life.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025
But I have quite enjoyed the platform’s small selection, because it spares me from the paralysis of endless choice that drowns me on Netflix.
From Slate ● Jan. 16, 2025
I squint and my heart gives a familiar leap as the invisible roar of viewers drowns out everything.
From "Warcross" by Marie Lu
As they continued into their first set of songs, it became apparent that the volume on their microphones was a bit low, leaving lyrics drowned in the rest of the mix.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
Discovery nearly drowned in debt that it took on to finance its $43-billion buyout from AT&T in 2022.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
More than 1,500 people drowned when the ship struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic while on its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
A 14-year-old boy has drowned after going into the water at a dock in east London.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
Inside Natalie’s hoodie, Churro coughed and squirmed, swamped but not drowned.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
Boat noise has been shown to affect whales in particular, stressing them out, disrupting their hunting and drowning out their ocean-spanning songs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
There will also be an increased potential for indoor environments to become very warm, and water related incidents may increase, including risks from cold water shock and drowning.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
Wyle: I don’t think you should throw a drowning man a baby.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
And it is still, for me and for the strangers arriving on its shore, the difference between drowning and being born.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026
But I’m awake, I’m drowning, and I don’t know how to control any of this.
From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas
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