dunk
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I'm learning to breathe properly, dunk my head under and let the water carry me, rather than fight against it.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
When the National Trust for Historic Preservation filed a lawsuit last December to halt the project, the press corps pushed the litigation as a slam dunk.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
So the goal isn’t always to maximally dunk on somebody.
From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2026
But hitting the $1 trillion goal is far from a slam dunk.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026
“You’ll get used to it. You need to dunk your entire body in. You’ll see.”
From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed
Wembanyama swished jump shots and soared for alley-oop dunks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026
Yes, his game is short on poster dunks and rim-rattling highlights, but SGA is the game’s most ruthless superstar.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 2026
Of his nine made shots, seven were dunks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2026
Bam Adebayo’s 83-point game, while impressive, appeared to be a sloppy affair comparable to an All-Star game full of dunks and threes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 14, 2026
Haymitch picks up a pork chop with his fingers, which makes Effie frown, and dunks it in his wine.
From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
In went the torn sourdough, which I thoroughly dunked in the custard, followed by crisped bacon, a small drizzle of bacon fat — sue me — cheddar, roasted peppers and minced onion.
From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2026
James tied Abdul-Jabbar’s mark for most regular-season field goals when he dunked off a lob pass from Doncic with 8:33 left in the first quarter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2026
He made 142 3-pointers last season, and he dunked only 91 times.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 16, 2025
McIlroy then found the green with his tee shot on the iconic par-three 17th 'island hole', but Spaun dunked his ball in the water to effectively end his hopes.
From BBC ● Mar. 17, 2025
“Did you also get dunked in the water by the Father?”
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
It’s not quite dunking, but it’s like you have to play to the algorithm.
From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2026
After securing victory with a service winner, Sabalenka celebrated by dunking her head in an ice cooler.
From BBC ● Mar. 15, 2026
Here he is dunking in 2024 before singing with the jazz band.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 19, 2026
But the dunking spawned the legend of the "Curse of the Colonel" that said the Tigers would never win another title until the effigy was recovered.
From Barron's ● Dec. 3, 2025
Meadowlark busies herself next to me, squeezing lemon and dunking her tea bag in and out of the mug of hot water.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
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