drowned

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Those words might have drowned out the vociferous objections of Banka, who in October sounded baffled when he dismissed the Enhanced Games as a “ridiculous idea.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

Last December, an experienced British female diver drowned in a scuba incident off the island resort of Ellaidhoo.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

Despite the search and an inquiry that concluded he was "lost at sea believed killed or drowned", Jones' name does not appear on official missing persons' databases.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

Timo Kurkikangas’s sound design could use some tweaks—the spoken text was sometimes tinny or drowned out by the orchestra.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

Darkness ahead, drowned sunflowers circling in, and far in the distance, something broad and white, swaying upon the flooded field.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros