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wade in



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The problem with wars is that when they don’t go as you planned, you have an ugly choice—end them unsatisfactorily or wade in deeper.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

Despite Mr Miles having protested at the time, he was not keen to wade in too much.

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2024

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo says she is leaving the X platform because it fosters division and has become a “gigantic global sewer” that she refuses to wade in any longer.

From Washington Times • Nov. 27, 2023

People who swim, fish or wade in these bodies of water can contract the bacteria through an open wound or sore.

From Salon • Sep. 25, 2023

In the winter it becomes a torrent, a mean little fierce rivers and in the summer it is a place for children to wade in and for fishermen to wander in.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck