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sunk

[suhngk] / sʌŋk /








ADJECTIVE
drowned
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Investors bailed on stocks, sending the Dow down nearly 700 points while the S&P 500 sunk by 2.7%.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Price-conscious consumers and off-trend Old Navy dresses may have sunk Gap’s stock on Friday, but some of the clothing retailer’s most prolonged struggles have been in its smallest and most-overlooked brand: Athleta.

From MarketWatch • May 31, 2026

An Indian-flagged ship carrying livestock from Somalia was reported hit and sunk off Oman on May 13 -- all 14 crew were rescued.

From Barron's • May 25, 2026

Recently discovered off the coast of Bulgaria was a Greek merchant ship that is estimated to have sunk 2,400 years ago, the oldest known intact shipwreck in the world.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

For Wotton has sunk into an obscurity even deeper than Temple’s.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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