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dunked

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verb

past tense of dunk
as in immersed
to sink or push (something) briefly into or as if into a liquid dunking a doughnut in one's morning coffee

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Recent Examples of dunked
Verb
Randle shed Champagnie with a forearm and power dunked with two hands before Wembanyama could block it. Marcus Thompson Ii, New York Times, 5 May 2026 Warren got Josh Lowe and Vaughn Grissom on flyouts and was one strike away from escaping the jam when Peraza dunked an 0-2 curve into left-center for the win. Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2026 Warren got Josh Lowe and Vaughn Grissom on flyouts and was one strike away from escaping the jam when Peraza dunked an 0-2 curve into left-center for the win. ABC News, 2 May 2026 Young specifically remembers watching a play against Penn State where the big man caught the ball on the block, reverse pivoted, spun and dunked it with two hands. Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 5 Apr. 2026 The drums might knock and rattle or sound like they were dunked in the subterranean oceans of Titan. Stephen Kearse, Pitchfork, 24 Mar. 2026 One scout noted Peterson dunked quite a bit in high school, and that hasn’t translated. Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 17 Mar. 2026 Backup center Isaiah Jackson then grabbed a rebound and dunked off a pass from Darius Garland to further trim the lead to 99-93. Janis Carr, Oc Register, 15 Mar. 2026 Using his chopsticks, Elijah dunked a dumpling into a tiny bowl of soy sauce. Literary Hub, 9 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dunked
Verb
  • In the middle of last month, for example, rates briefly dipped under 6% for 30-year terms.
    Matt Richardson, CBS News, 8 May 2026
  • In Nagoro, a remote village in Tokushima Prefecture, the population has dipped from 300+ to less than 30.
    Mark Dent, HubSpot, 8 May 2026
Verb
  • Growing up in working-class Altadena as the second child of a silversmith mother and metalworker father, both of whom have a master’s degree in art and an aversion to television, Chambers spent much of his life immersed in the robust arts-and-crafts scene of Pasadena in the early 2000s.
    Christopher Buchanan, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026
  • Newlyweds Venus Williams and Andrea Preti were in attendance and appear to still be immersed in honeymoon bliss.
    Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 5 May 2026
Adjective
  • Los Angeles firefighters pulled Andrade’s teenage son from the lake first, but struggled to locate the father, who remained submerged.
    Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Scientists with the Environmental Defense Fund said in a 2019 study that hydropower plants and reservoirs can emit substantial greenhouse gases, but their depth and design, the amount of submerged vegetation, and local climate influence how much.
    Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Michelle said medical professionals at the hospital told her that Juan drowned after his leg got caught in the lake's fountain, trapping him under the water.
    Nicole Comstock, CBS News, 28 Apr. 2026
  • In 2018, 32-year-old Francis Roselin, of West Palm Beach, drowned while enjoying festivities on the water.
    Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 27 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Think of your skin-care routine as the first step in your makeup application process; if your skin is adequately hydrated and prepped, your makeup will look so much better.
    Kara Nesvig, Allure, 7 May 2026
  • Plus, as temperatures climb, there’s no better time to re-up our podcast on how to survive summer, according to two editors who want to stay cool, hydrated, and sunburn-free.
    Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 6 May 2026

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“Dunked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dunked. Accessed 10 May. 2026.

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