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Recent Examples of knee-deep
According to Alison Layfield, vice president of product development at parcel shipping services provider ePost Global, the strike is ill-timed for retailers and logistics teams that are already knee-deep in peak holiday season planning.
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Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 26 Sep. 2025
Percussion and flute music set the mood in the shrine’s courtyard where a knee-deep pool filled with chunks of ice awaited.
—Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 22 Sep. 2025
In the video, the tourist stands about knee-deep in the water in a soaking wet t-shirt and shorts.
—Colson Thayer, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025
In Atlantic City, New Jersey, officials said beachgoers were restricted to getting knee-deep into the water and were prohibited from using boogie boards.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2025
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Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 26 Sep. 2025
Percussion and flute music set the mood in the shrine’s courtyard where a knee-deep pool filled with chunks of ice awaited.
—Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 22 Sep. 2025
In the video, the tourist stands about knee-deep in the water in a soaking wet t-shirt and shorts.
—Colson Thayer, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025
In Atlantic City, New Jersey, officials said beachgoers were restricted to getting knee-deep into the water and were prohibited from using boogie boards.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for knee-deep
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Graham Lynch urged Americans to remain engaged beyond attending the march.—
Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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Your community grows as its members become more engaged and invested.—
William Arruda,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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Following her return home, Smart became involved in activism, advocating for the AMBER Alert System and supporting recovery programs.—
Stephanie Kaloi,
PEOPLE,
22 Jan. 2026
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But that surgery is understood to be delicate and involved.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
22 Jan. 2026
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Set in rural New England, The Lonely Woman follows a woman whose first love died in a mountain tunnel, and becomes engrossed in a new disappearance.—
Angie Martoccio,
Rolling Stone,
25 Nov. 2025
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In a TikTok video posted by Molly Woodward (@mollyxwoodward), her golden retriever, Ralphy, can be seen curled up on the sofa, fully engrossed in watching The Lion King.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
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The original is quite preoccupied with this brutal torture situation and the parallel police investigation.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Jan. 2026
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Privately, some tell me that the best-case scenario might be Washington getting bogged down in Venezuela, too preoccupied to focus on new targets.—
Oliver Stuenkel,
Time,
9 Jan. 2026
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The absorbed or scattered light creates a unique pattern called the spectrum, which is effectively the substance’s fingerprint.—
Ambuj Tewari,
The Conversation,
6 Mar. 2025
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Although the mercury hovered at only 5°, all of us became so absorbed in the rabbit chase that no one noticed numb toes and cold ears.—
Erwin A. Bauer,
Outdoor Life,
25 Dec. 2024
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Registry of names Israel’s ban on UNRWA dovetailed with broader efforts to deregister aid groups operating in Gaza and the occupied West Bank.—
Sam Metz,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Jan. 2026
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Previous diplomats who held the title issued statements condemning the expansion of Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank and emphasizing the importance of the two-state solution.—
Andrew Carey,
CNN Money,
18 Jan. 2026
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When Edmond LaFave missed two days of work in February 1975, a worried friend headed to his North Park home to check on him.—
Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Jan. 2026
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His family was worried sick, and Jones said Johnson had stormed out of the home after an argument.—
Mike Hellgren,
CBS News,
23 Jan. 2026
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In Clayton’s and Josephson’s hands, though, the fawn response becomes something more pliable, less a sign of acute threat than a broadly anxious orientation to the world.—
Katy Waldman,
New Yorker,
12 Jan. 2026
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Six-year-old Lucas Kincaid of Molalla, Oregon stood with his family to take a final peek in the hulking main telescope beneath the dome in anxious anticipation, snug in his furry hooded jacket like a hibernating bear cub about to meet the Wonderful Wizard of Oz.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
11 Jan. 2026
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“Knee-deep.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knee-deep. Accessed 25 Jan. 2026.
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