as in to wade (in or into)
to start work on energetically
the first morning back at work was spent diving into the huge pile of e-mails that had accumulated over the previous two weeks
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But that doesn’t stop her from sticking to a schedule and tackling the job one zone at a time.—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
27 Sep. 2025 -
In the two decades since founding Fromental—a British wallpaper house with studios in London and China—Tim Butcher and Lizzie Deshayes have tackled a roster of colorful projects.—
Justin Fenner,
Robb Report,
27 Sep. 2025
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The reflective foil discourages unwanted insects and pests like slugs from approaching and harming the plants, but actually helps to attract butterflies.—
Darcy Lenz,
Southern Living,
24 Sep. 2025
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In this case, an officer will approach the flyer at the security checkpoint and manually verify their identity.—
Lillian Metzmeier,
Louisville Courier Journal,
24 Sep. 2025
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Controlling the entertainment is undertaken via the top of the unit or by pushing buttons on the remote, which can be stowed in a top compartment together with two wireless microphones that cater for karaoke sessions.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
25 Sep. 2025
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This approach, the team says, gives robots the ability to undertake more complex multi-stage tasks, bringing agentic capabilities to robotics.—
Ryan Whitwam,
ArsTechnica,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Dive (into).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dive%20%28into%29. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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