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submerge

[suhb-murj] / səbˈmɜrdʒ /


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"I've always been a character actor and I like to submerge myself and try to be somebody else, that's part of the challenge," he said.

From BBC ● Mar. 17, 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

If Greenland’s ice continues to melt, rising seas will submerge their homes and farms, like those of the Norse.

From Salon ● Jan. 24, 2025

It was like watching a crocodile submerge in a nature movie.You knew the crocodile was planning an attack, but you didn’t know when.

From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer

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

No stranger to zingers from his years of playing Jack McFarland on “Will & Grace,” Hayes submerges himself in the despair and despondency that were the fuel for Levant’s storied wit.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 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

As I reload, Brutus flattens on the ground, rolls the few feet to the water, and submerges.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins

Some evidence points to an animal that frequently submerged itself and pursued prey underwater, much like seals or penguins.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2026

The prolific novelist and short-story writer Joyce Carol Oates introduces readers to Julia, one half of a couple whose long marriage has come to contain strange, submerged, undiscussable elements in “The Disappearing.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

A house next door had cracks in its side, and others had wooden decks falling into or submerged in the water.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026

After reaching the site, the aircraft was found to be submerged under water, officials said.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

Others were submerged, their upper branches barely poking above the floodwaters, their lower branches swarming with fish instead of birds.

From "The Wild Robot" by Peter Brown

“The precise mechanisms of holding one’s breath, letting air out, and submerging the body underwater are not visible in the archive,” Ms. Fernando notes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

"Chiedza tried to climb on her cousin's shoulders, submerging her."

From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026

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

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

From Salon ● May 11, 2025

She rode on, submerging herself deeper in the Dothraki sea.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin


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