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as in plunge
an act or instance of diving the penguin took a dive off of the ice sheet

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Noun
In fact, there are multiple dive modes to pick from, including gas, gauge, apnea, apnea hunt, or closed-circuit rebreather. Gabriela Vatu, PCMAG, 27 Sep. 2024 Sensor data from trackers on seals captured and released in Antarctica showed their movements, the depth of the dives, salinity, temperature and density of the sea, among others. Andrew Wight, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
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Read Next: What Do Deer Eat? Also, diving deeper into bedding cover should ramp up your odds of seeing deer, especially a mature target buck that’s less likely to venture far from the shadows. Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 17 Oct. 2024 The Rest Is Politics: US has a large U.K. following, as does the aforementioned Pod Save America (which regularly features in the U.K. top 50) and podcast behemoths such as The Ezra Klein Show, which frequently dive into political themes. Oskar Serrander, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for dive 

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“Dive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dive. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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