sinking

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But with oil prices slumping in recent days and sinking toward $90 a barrel Wednesday, the sector looks set to finally erase its wartime losses.

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

Mostly it felt like a wasted opportunity: A once-beloved team, in a basketball mecca, sinking its future and alienating its fan base with contentious leadership, murky vision and somnambulant play.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

Playing in the second group, Juarez was one under through 13 and blasted out of a frontside bunker to within four feet of the hole at 14 before sinking his birdie putt.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

Despite a stumble with a bogey at the 16th, he responded immediately by sinking an eight-foot putt for birdie at the par-three 17th to regain his narrow advantage.

From BBC • May 10, 2026

Tidings stopped sinking his teeth into a chicken leg.

From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles