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or dove (into)
as in had at
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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Both works addressed precarious conditions and, in the case of The Silver Lake, the hope of saving the future.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
16 Oct. 2025 -
Swift hasn’t addressed the Charli rumors.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
15 Oct. 2025
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Anderson walks into the trap by trying to find Douglas Luiz, who is immediately tackled by Caicedo.—
Anantaajith Raghuraman,
New York Times,
19 Oct. 2025
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Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.—
Nicole Foy,
ProPublica,
18 Oct. 2025
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Before taking on the captaincy, Cummins was used primarily as a strike bowler — a fast, hostile spearhead who attacked in bursts.—
Sukhman Singh,
New York Times,
19 Oct. 2025
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This Abel Ferrara cult classic follows a mute seamstress who goes on a revenge rampage after being attacked twice in one day on the streets of New York.—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
19 Oct. 2025
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Eugenio Suárez approached the plate in the bottom of the eighth inning with the score tied at two each.—
Jamie Barton,
CNN Money,
18 Oct. 2025
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Records show the idea of a donation first appeared in settlement talks with Centene in September last year, two years after lawyers first approached Florida officials about a $67 million settlement with the company.—
Lawrence Mower,
Miami Herald,
18 Oct. 2025
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“Dived (into).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dived%20%28into%29. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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