submerge
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More typically and woefully, our parents submerge it.
From Salon ● Feb. 4, 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
For us, the most important thing is that we keep enjoying the concerts, the crowd singing, how people forget everything around them and such submerge themselves in this environment of Maná.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2025
Keeping the retrieved envelope in his hand, he sat lower, deeper, in the water, letting his knees submerge.
From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger
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
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
"A Very British Scandal" exists to illustrate the double standard society applies to men and women in measuring individual culpability, although the Argylls' tenacious rancor submerges that point too often.
From Salon ● Apr. 23, 2022
There are no Brix monitors to show when it is ready — someone just dips a stick into it and submerges it in cool water, or uses his wet bare hand.
From New York Times ● Jan. 26, 2021
As I reload, Brutus flattens on the ground, rolls the few feet to the water, and submerges.
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
Kikai is a mostly submerged volcanic caldera south of Japan.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
Then it emerged again and submerged, rising and falling and growing smaller as it moved further away.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
By dawn, it had completely submerged the first floor of their homes.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
When he opened his eyes, he saw a once-familiar shoreline changing in real time, with swathes of previously submerged coral suddenly pushing above the waterline.
From Barron's ● Jun. 19, 2026
Ian Rider had swum through the submerged tunnel.
From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz
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
Residents told Spanish media that by the time they received the mobile alert, muddy water was already surrounding their cars, submerging streets and pouring into their homes.
From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2025
The Sutlej River had overflowed, submerging homes and washing away the walls that were meant to protect them.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2025
For the next eight years, as if submerging into quicksand, I sank deeper into debt.
From Salon ● May 11, 2025
Heaven sent slumber in an endless tide submerging my sad heart among the leaves.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
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