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Recent Examples of unsinkable
This hybrid amphibious boat combines performance and comfort, transitioning from land to water in seconds, and is virtually unsinkable.
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Jim Dobson, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
So should the great majority of this country’s voters.
— Harris Factor, Columbia
Post-debate rationalizing
The Democratic Party has struck an iceberg, and the captain is intent on telling everyone that his ship is unsinkable.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 4 July 2024
Hard Science Wandering icebergs could trigger tsunamis Icebergs aren’t just a threat to unsinkable ships.
—Big Think, 24 June 2024
China has spent 20 years building a chain of artificial islands throughout the South China Sea that can effectively serve as a defensive line of unsinkable aircraft carriers.
—Elliot Ackerman, Foreign Affairs, 24 Aug. 2021
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Jim Dobson, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
So should the great majority of this country’s voters.
— Harris Factor, Columbia
Post-debate rationalizing
The Democratic Party has struck an iceberg, and the captain is intent on telling everyone that his ship is unsinkable.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 4 July 2024
Hard Science Wandering icebergs could trigger tsunamis Icebergs aren’t just a threat to unsinkable ships.
—Big Think, 24 June 2024
China has spent 20 years building a chain of artificial islands throughout the South China Sea that can effectively serve as a defensive line of unsinkable aircraft carriers.
—Elliot Ackerman, Foreign Affairs, 24 Aug. 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unsinkable
Adjective
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So, any sort of guest director is directing it in a nod to a style that is so defined and buoyant and effective, that there’s things embedded into the DNA.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
8 May 2025
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Zelensky’s leadership team was buoyant about the terms.—
Brian Bennett,
Time,
1 May 2025
Adjective
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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
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The boat, a single motorboat, was found floating and half-submerged near the Harbor One Marina.—
Julia Gomez,
USA TODAY,
3 Sep. 2024
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“Unsinkable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unsinkable. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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