submerges

present tense third-person singular of submerge

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Recent Examples of submerges Laura escapes her grasp and submerges Cherry, which Daniel witnesses. Erin Jensen, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for submerges
Verb
  • There is no room for small talk and half-hearted pursuits — Mars in Scorpio completely immerses itself in a situation or is simply not interested.
    Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Each episode unfolds in a single unbroken take, which further immerses viewers in the story and amps up the tension.
    Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The judge found that Google has been engaging in behavior that stifles competition to the detriment of online publishers that depend on the system for revenue.
    Michael Liedtke, Fortune, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Trump silencing free speech stifles our democracy.
    Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In shocking footage posted on Facebook, large waves are seen breaking through the glass doors of the lobby as water rushes in and quickly floods the hotel.
    Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Bright sunlight floods the sensors with background noise, surface reflections distort the signal, and long-distance measurements require higher stability than short-range indoor use.
    Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Those are the times when hotel occupancy dips and the hum of incoming visitors softens.
    Essence, Essence, 26 Sep. 2025
  • The Grand Hotel remains Mackinac Island’s most iconic landmark, a sprawling Victorian masterpiece crowned by the world’s longest porch—where rocking chairs invite you to linger over cocktails as the sun dips into the Straits.
    Christine Chitnis, Vogue, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Mulch suppresses weeds, retains moisture in the soil, and adds nutrients back to the soil, too.
    Lauren David, Southern Living, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Tissue samples from Fern Franco’s remains, obtained by a search warrant, revealed the presence of both morphine, which suppresses respiration, along with the drug succinylcholine, a paralytic used to relax skeletal muscles as during intubation.
    Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • This figure motivates Butrich but also overwhelms her.
    Sabrina Weiss, The Dial, 23 Sep. 2025
  • If a disaster overwhelms state and local capacity, officials may request a presidential declaration, the agency said.
    Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The line in Swift's song and The Life of a Showgirl's cover art appears to be inspired by a Victorian-era painting that depicts the scene in Hamlet when Ophelia goes crazy and falls into a stream and drowns after learning Hamlet killed her father.
    Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 3 Oct. 2025
  • If someone truly disrupts — won’t stop, drowns out others — escort them out and move on.
    Eric Preven, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Taroko Gorge, however, carves breathtaking grandeur from marble stone; a natural cathedral of cliffs, where suspension bridges sway above rapids and swallows dart through narrow canyons.
    Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Neurocysticercosis occurs after a person swallows pork tapeworm eggs, according to the CDC.
    Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 2025

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“Submerges.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/submerges. Accessed 4 Oct. 2025.

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