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Recent Examples of knee-deep
Video footage of the area, released by Reuters, showed hikers trekking through a heavy blizzard and knee-deep snow.
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Chantelle Lee, Time, 6 Oct. 2025
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.
—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
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Chantelle Lee, Time, 6 Oct. 2025
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for knee-deep
Adjective
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Our divisions are constantly nudged, magnified, monetized, and weaponized by systems that profit from keeping us emotionally engaged and perpetually agitated.—
Joe Palaggi,
Twin Cities,
11 Feb. 2026
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Reality Steve also reported that Miguel has since gotten engaged to another woman not from Love Is Blind Season 10.—
Jason Pham,
StyleCaster,
11 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Poppi sponsored it, and Charli xcx’s team was very involved.—
Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Feb. 2026
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Jeff Bezos has not historically been very involved in the management of The Washington Post.—
Hanna Rosin,
The Atlantic,
5 Feb. 2026
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She's currently engrossed in a debate—between herself and herself—about what her dress should look like.—
Marci Robin,
Allure,
5 Feb. 2026
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Instead of a carefully handwritten piece of parchment (what’s known as an engrossed copy), this variant is one of the few surviving broadside editions.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
29 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Across multiple studies, the participants who disclosed their vulnerabilities became preoccupied with how they were perceived afterward.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
16 Jan. 2026
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The organization aims to bring together lovers of men’s fashion and tailoring, to promote more elevated dressing to the public, particularly those who have become preoccupied with athleisure, organizers say.—
Lucy Maguire,
Vogue,
14 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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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
Adjective
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Stalin has territorial ambitions over occupied territories.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
11 Feb. 2026
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More than 700,000 Israelis live in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, territories captured by Israel in 1967 and sought by the Palestinians for an independent state along with the Gaza Strip.—
Sam Metz,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Capital expenditures, which are closely watched by investors who are worried about overspending, are expected to range between $175 billion to $185 billion in 2026.—
Jason Gewirtz,
CNBC,
5 Feb. 2026
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But Willie Brown, the former mayor and speaker was not worried that Newsom would overly burnish his own story in his book.—
Andrew Graham,
Sacbee.com,
5 Feb. 2026
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The Fall-Off can sometimes feel simpatico and obvious, with mellifluously soulful tones that conjure an air of anxious nostalgia.—
Mosi Reeves,
Rolling Stone,
9 Feb. 2026
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At the same time, consumers appeared less anxious about inflation.—
Benzinga,
Freep.com,
7 Feb. 2026
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“Knee-deep.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knee-deep. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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