submerge

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

They rise, fragment, submerge, reconstitute, reemerge, sometimes with different names, different uniforms, but the same cast, and same sentiments.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 31, 2024

If it rose too high, the water would submerge and kill shore plantings.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

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

There are poignant streaks throughout as Baumgartner delves into the past — or, rather, submerges himself in the “world of Then.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2023

He submerges his full body into the frigid bubbling water for three chilly minutes, climbs out and hops into the warm whirlpool tub next to it for three minutes.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 20, 2023

"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

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

Some passengers were frantically clinging to the hull of the partially submerged vessel, he said, as rescuers administered CPR to a man on a San Francisco police boat.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026

More disappointing is watching a role held aloft by Witherspoon’s charisma and unsinkable pep be submerged in attitudinal gloom despite Minetree’s best efforts.

From Salon ● Jul. 6, 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

To float, people should tilt their head backwards until their ears are submerged and, crucially, not panic.

From BBC ● May 19, 2026

It was lodged in the uppermost branches of a tree that was mainly submerged in the river.

From "Abel's Island" by William Steig

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

Heavy rainfall in India's financial capital Mumbai has disrupted the lives of millions of people, submerging roads and leading to flight and train cancellations.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2025

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

From Salon ● May 11, 2025

It reminded me of being at home, submerging my head under bathwater and hearing the pinging in the pipes.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides