Recent Examples on the WebThe rocket’s upper stage was then expected to intentionally dive back toward Earth to and sink to a watery grave in the ocean near Point Nemo — a spot in the Pacific Ocean farther from land than any place on Earth.—Jackie Wattles, CNN, 9 July 2024 An island green encircled by a vast lake on all sides, but for a thin land bridge, the dreams of countless golfers fighting to clinch the PGA Tour’s flagship event – The Players Championship – have sunk into a watery grave alongside their ball.—Jack Bantock, CNN, 13 Mar. 2024 And how will companies monitor the effects of sending tons of seaweed to a watery grave?—Saima May Sidik, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Jan. 2024 Pathos also deepens scenes involving incidental characters — an old woman mourning the loss of her husband; ad hoc pallbearers descending the aisle of the submerged fuselage, relinquishing the dead to a watery grave.—Jordan Riefe, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2023 Nothing was to be saved from this test flight, with the spacecraft — if all had gone well — aiming for a watery grave in the Pacific near Hawaii.—Marcia Dunn, ajc, 20 Apr. 2023
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