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submerge

[suhb-murj] / səbˈmɜrdʒ /


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But it’s when the filmmakers submerge the viewer into that celestial static that “Chronovisor” assumes an enduring, practically ancient quality.

From Salon Sep. 7, 2026

Another woman, whose surname is Huang, from the town of Yunbiao said it took just 10 minutes for floods to submerge villages in her area.

From BBC Jul. 8, 2026

"But they are really flat yet prone to human-caused subsidence, so sustained sea level rise could submerge them really fast."

From Science Daily Oct. 23, 2025

The implication of Zandi’s research is that the national economy would submerge under the waves if either of these two gigantic state economies were to falter.

From MarketWatch Oct. 11, 2025

Over the next two hours we submerge ourselves in finding the sums of infinite geometric series, calculating iterate functions, and expanding powers of binomials.

From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen

But at night this thoughtful tenant farmer’s daughter sits in the servants’ hall and submerges herself in serious study.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 26, 2026

That inhibits its ability to sink, slowing the overturning circulation that submerges atmospheric carbon and instead leaving it near the surface, limiting the ocean's ability to absorb more of the greenhouse gas.

From Salon Apr. 3, 2023

It could not be roped off because water submerges it during high tide.

From New York Times Dec. 5, 2022

According to a release, the design includes horizontal striping “that seemingly submerges the ‘S’ crest below the Navy stripe sea.”

From Seattle Times Oct. 20, 2022

The captain orders the master-at-arms to fire the cannon, but the whale submerges too quickly to be fired upon.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman

A video released by Nepal's Armed Police Force showed only part of her house visible, with the lower floors submerged by thick sludge.

From Barron's Sep. 5, 2026

Four ocean rescue swimmers jumped into the ocean and dived down to the submerged vehicle, where they were able to successfully extract the victim, who was later identified by her family as Alli Renee Singh.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

Footage of the rescue shows one of the boys sat on the top of the front of the jet ski while the rest of the vehicle is submerged beneath choppy waves.

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

His team planted fabricated papers naming the targets in a submerged chest in a Czech lake near the German border before “discovering” them in 1964.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

Abraham and I had picked our apai and submerged our bodies comfortably in the water as we chewed.

From "Lost Boy, Lost Girl" by John Bul Dau

In 2022, a 30-metre-high garbage heap at a landfill in West Java's Cipayung triggered a landslide that entered a river, submerging a bridge to the neighbouring village.

From Barron's Feb. 17, 2026

Certain actions, such as submerging the ball in water or exposing it to high heat, are prohibited.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 6, 2025

For the next eight years, as if submerging into quicksand, I sank deeper into debt.

From Salon May 11, 2025

During those storms, floodwaters surged into the Tulare Lake Basin, submerging roads, breaking through levees and inundating farmlands, where workers rushed to move equipment to high ground.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 13, 2025

Even after his release from chattel slavery, the nation grew over him, submerging him.

From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry




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