sank

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Rocket Lab sank 7.4% as the launch-and-satellite company came under pressure after Elon Musk’s SpaceX filed a prospectus for a stock offering.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

Levi emerged from the translation, he wrote, “as if from an illness,” and Ms. Hruska suggests that the depression he sank into may have contributed to his death.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

The ship was carrying livestock "when a fire reportedly broke out onboard, forcing the crew to abandon ship before the vessel sank," Vanguard said.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

The group’s trading unit sank to a quarterly loss, but it should bounce back over the rest of the year, they say.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

Where it sank so deep that the mud rose above the mark, he tried again and again until a safe stepping place was found.

From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda