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Recent Examples of dunked
Literary Hub, 9 Mar. 2026
On the next possession, Stack dunked again, this time on an alley-oop toss from senior guard Jayden Wright, an Eastern Illinois recruit.
—Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 4 Mar. 2026
The Thunder trailed 60-59 early in the third when Holmgren dunked to start a 14-3 run.
—CBS News, 4 Mar. 2026
Zhuri capped her time with dad by throwing a lob pass that James dunked while hanging on the rim.
—Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2026
Udeh dunked for the first time as a 6-3 seventh grader and soon thereafter was turning heads on the AAU circuit and at Barnett Park in the Pine Hills neighborhood outside of downtown Orlando.
—Miami Herald, 24 Feb. 2026
On one sequence Harding made a perfect bounce pass to a cutting Edmonds, who dunked over a West Virginia defender.
—Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Feb. 2026
With 56 seconds left in regulation, Anthony Black stole the ball away from Grayson Allen and dunked it on the other end to tie the game at 96 points and eventually force overtime.
—Jason Beede, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Feb. 2026
The sport is meant to feel as if your lungs have been dunked in corrosive acid, where saliva turns to blood in your throat.
—Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2026
Verb
Using his chopsticks, Elijah dunked a dumpling into a tiny bowl of soy sauce.
—Literary Hub, 9 Mar. 2026
On the next possession, Stack dunked again, this time on an alley-oop toss from senior guard Jayden Wright, an Eastern Illinois recruit.
—Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 4 Mar. 2026
The Thunder trailed 60-59 early in the third when Holmgren dunked to start a 14-3 run.
—CBS News, 4 Mar. 2026
Zhuri capped her time with dad by throwing a lob pass that James dunked while hanging on the rim.
—Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2026
Udeh dunked for the first time as a 6-3 seventh grader and soon thereafter was turning heads on the AAU circuit and at Barnett Park in the Pine Hills neighborhood outside of downtown Orlando.
—Miami Herald, 24 Feb. 2026
On one sequence Harding made a perfect bounce pass to a cutting Edmonds, who dunked over a West Virginia defender.
—Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Feb. 2026
With 56 seconds left in regulation, Anthony Black stole the ball away from Grayson Allen and dunked it on the other end to tie the game at 96 points and eventually force overtime.
—Jason Beede, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Feb. 2026
The sport is meant to feel as if your lungs have been dunked in corrosive acid, where saliva turns to blood in your throat.
—Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dunked
Verb
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Shares of Oracle have dipped 21% this year, swept up in a broader sell-off targeting the technology industry upon fears of artificial intelligence disruption.—
Lisa Kailai Han,
CNBC,
6 Mar. 2026
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Morning temperatures dipped to the mid-50s, but that's already a good 10-15 degrees warmer than our average high today.—
Ron Smiley,
CBS News,
6 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The hardest problem in science The contents of our mental lives and the physical fabric of the reality we are immersed in appear to belong to two distinct domains.—
Conor Feehly,
Big Think,
10 Mar. 2026
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Once immersed in clinical practice, her attention centered on cosmetic dentistry and orthodontics, where precision meets emotion and subtle changes can influence confidence and self-perception.—
Sixteen Ramos,
USA Today,
9 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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They are designed to sneak in close to their target undetected, and launch surprise attacks while remaining submerged.—
James Dwyer,
Fortune,
6 Mar. 2026
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On Sunday, their aerial unit located his submerged pickup truck in a canal off East Cypress Creek Road, with his body inside.—
Joan Murray,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Attached to it is a video of Andrea Yates, the real Texas woman who drowned her five children amid an episode of postpartum psychosis and was found not guilty by reason of insanity, per the New York Times.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Mar. 2026
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There is still some of that here, but a lot of Martin’s light-touch meanness is drowned out by his insistence on describing his characters within the context of early COVID — pulling out those masks from the closet.—
Emma Alpern,
Vulture,
10 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Workers at outdoor construction sites will have plenty of drinking water and electrolyte packets available to stay hydrated.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 Mar. 2026
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Protecting pets from the heat, drinking plentiful water, staying hydrated during outdoor activities and taking breaks in the shade were among the weather service’s recommendations.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
10 Mar. 2026
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“Dunked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dunked. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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