- present participle of drown.
drowning
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There’ll be lots of champagne on ice around the U.S. for victory parties or drowning of sorrows Tuesday night.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
From Hitler topping the polls in Peru to the sport that is a kind of "voluntary drowning".
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026
Napa’s heralded Signorello Estate winery is drowning in debt, according to its bankruptcy filing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
A post-mortem examination found that all three women died by drowning, Sussex Police said.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
Everyone shouted and clapped, drowning out the music.
From "Breaking Through" by Francisco Jiménez
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