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sink in





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The hope among British diplomats is that idea will sink in.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

Let that ratio sink in: For every dollar Apple spent imagining the future, it spent nearly four dollars buying back its own past.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 21, 2026

They let the listener fill in the blanks, and the broader meaning tends to sink in subliminally.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

Back in Iran, a sense of the inevitable had begun to sink in for many there.

From Barron's • Apr. 12, 2026

I knew it in my head, I saw the articles and TikTok videos, but I didn’t let any of it sink in.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold




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