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Recent Examples of submarine
Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 11 May 2023
The results are submarine fields of potato-size mineral deposits called polymetallic nodules.
—Dino Grandoni, Anchorage Daily News, 26 May 2023
Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
Women were not allowed on submarines, however, until 2010.
—John Ismay, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2025
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Adjective
The country has also done some research into developing submarine nuclear reactors, which typically (with some exceptions) use weapons-grade uranium for fuel that could serve as a stepping stone to nuclear weaponry.
—Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 11 May 2023
The results are submarine fields of potato-size mineral deposits called polymetallic nodules.
—Dino Grandoni, Anchorage Daily News, 26 May 2023
Noun
Divers had spent the morning setting out buoys, running submarine guidelines, and surveying the site, working creatively with modest tools.
—Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
Women were not allowed on submarines, however, until 2010.
—John Ismay, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for submarine
Adjective
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Project Recover located the wreckage of the bomber in 2017 at 213 feet deep in the Hansa Bay using sonar, imaging devices and unmanned aerial and underwater robots, according to the nonprofit.—
Krystal Nurse,
USA TODAY,
1 Mar. 2025
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But in 2012, while Lemons was 330 feet underwater, the support vessel above him suffered a systems failure during a violent storm.—
Sydney Bucksbaum,
EW.com,
28 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Now, the only way to convince a U-boat commander to surface was to deliberately take a torpedo strike and play dead.—
Sean Kingsley,
Smithsonian Magazine,
18 Feb. 2025
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There is some fighting, though nearly all of it involves punching instead of phasers or photon torpedoes.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
28 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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In a field test of the technology, the robot autonomously navigated a 4.5-km (2.8-mile) path across mountainous, aquatic, and urban terrain, reportedly outperforming traditional and multimodal robots in versatility, energy efficiency, and robustness.—
Ben Coxworth,
New Atlas,
27 Feb. 2025
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The metropolis was populated by the aquatic descendants of pregnant African women who had been forced onto slave ships.—
Annalise Frank,
Axios,
27 Feb. 2025
Noun
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One U-boat could sink a ship, sure—but a single sub could also be hunted down and destroyed just as easily.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2025
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Yellowstone is a key attraction for subs, but Sarhan highlights the wider selection from the Sheridan stable.—
Stewart Clarke,
Deadline,
4 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Hampton portrays unconventional hero Gabi Mosely in Found, a one-time kidnapping victim turned public relations specialist who now runs a firm dedicated to finding missing people.—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
28 Feb. 2025
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After 11 long episodes, Lauren O’Brien finally got her hero moment on Love Is Blind.—
Emily Tannenbaum,
Glamour,
28 Feb. 2025
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“Submarine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/submarine. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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