knee-deep in
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So I had all these giddy, kind of rose-tinted romantic notions of what I was doing until I was knee-deep in fiberglass, going, “Why did I think this was a good idea?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
Suddenly, here we are, knee-deep in Panini swapsies, reeling off an all-star French attack, pointing out the flags and badges of all 48 nations.
From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026
Workers on Wednesday were spotted in fishing waders standing knee-deep in the water vacuuming the bottom surface.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
Anyone using them for mission-critical tasks today will eventually find themselves knee-deep in a catastrophe.
From Barron's ● Feb. 6, 2026
The best thing about the story was the photographs—anglers wading knee-deep in blue Western rivers lined with tall cottonwoods, rows of snowy mountain crags visible in the distance.
From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen
