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Recent Examples of unsinkable
More than 113 years after the Titanic sank in April 1912, the idea of an unsinkable ship still captures engineers’ imagination.
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Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 28 Jan. 2026
The Rams skipped across the country as a historic 10½-point favorite — biggest postseason spread in modern history — yet trudged home requiring a last-second touchdown pass from the unsinkable Matthew Stafford to a leaping Colby Parkinson.
—Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2026
In this way, its role as a familiar calendar entity argues profoundly for itself, unsinkable and ever-long.
—Jordan Michelman, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2025
The company became famous for its 13-foot The Unsinkable Legend boat, which Fisher sawed in half and motored around in the aft portion to prove his unsinkable claim to be true.
—Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 14 July 2025
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Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 28 Jan. 2026
The Rams skipped across the country as a historic 10½-point favorite — biggest postseason spread in modern history — yet trudged home requiring a last-second touchdown pass from the unsinkable Matthew Stafford to a leaping Colby Parkinson.
—Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2026
In this way, its role as a familiar calendar entity argues profoundly for itself, unsinkable and ever-long.
—Jordan Michelman, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2025
The company became famous for its 13-foot The Unsinkable Legend boat, which Fisher sawed in half and motored around in the aft portion to prove his unsinkable claim to be true.
—Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 14 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unsinkable
Adjective
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Back in the dressing room, the mood was buoyant.—
Sarah Larson,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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The European champions appear to be clicking into form at the right time, with the mood buoyant in the French capital.—
James Pearce,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Companies with a smaller market value generally tend to have more floating rate debt than larger businesses.—
Lisa Kailai Han,
CNBC,
11 Sep. 2025
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Social media posts and years of reviewing cookie-cutter luxury hotels had conditioned me to equate floating breakfasts, monogrammed accessories, butler service, and aromatherapy menus as markers of a dreamy luxury vacation.—
Katherine Alex Beaven,
Travel + Leisure,
22 Oct. 2024
Adjective
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Both of them worked constantly, often pushing into overtime just to stay afloat.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
PEOPLE,
11 Apr. 2026
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But even in countries with relative stability like Senegal or Djibouti, projects like Abdi Guelleh's farm have struggled to stay afloat.—
Julie Bourdin,
NPR,
11 Apr. 2026
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“Unsinkable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unsinkable. Accessed 18 Apr. 2026.
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