high dive
Example Sentences
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“Poguemahone” is like a high dive: The toughest part of reading it might be convincing your feet to leave the board.
From New York Times • Apr. 20, 2022
He was often faulted for dipping his toe into mature themes without risking a high dive into full-scale tragedy, and not risking more politically or socially daring plays.
From Washington Post • Aug. 26, 2018
In taking on the issue of crime and gentrification in a single column, I climbed the journalistic equivalent of an Olympic high dive and failed.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 20, 2017
After a high dive while wearing a metal crown in the studio's hit "Million Dollar Mermaid," a stunt replicated in "Hail, Caesar!,"
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2016
I didn’t want to jump off the high dive.
From "The Lions of Little Rock" by Kristin Levine
