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as in concave
curved inward
our convalescing guest's sunken cheeks soon filled out on a diet of my mother's cooking
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Recent Examples of sunken
Four semi-enclosed sunken courtyards are carved directly into the structure.
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Bridget Borgobello
july 16, New Atlas, 16 July 2025
In 2018, the sunken vessel was discovered in Bitter End’s mooring field and carefully resurfaced.
—Lydia Price, Travel + Leisure, 6 July 2025
Related article Colombia launches expedition to explore 300-year-old Spanish shipwreck filled with sunken treasure
Historical records show that the San José was part of a shipping fleet known as the Flota de Tierra Firme.
—Jack Guy, CNN Money, 11 June 2025
To learn a little more about the city during your stay, be sure to drop by the lobby’s sunken living room, where a bookcase of Mexican literature awaits.
—Michaela Trimble, Vogue, 13 July 2025
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The shape of the droplets primarily demonstrate whispering-gallery mode light emission, where the light travels around a concave surface, bouncing along the inside surface.—
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Alpine slides are similar but have a continuous, concave surface instead of a track.—
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In 1935, Panerai developed the Ref. 2533 prototype, which resulted in a timepiece that could withstand the rigors of underwater missions.—
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Advertisement Fourteen recommendations were outlined in Tuesday’s report, including calls for enhanced communication for underwater operations in the case of an emergency, and new regulations mandating U.S. submersibles to be built under specific standards.—
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Made up of a series of hollow, interlocking keratin segments, the rattle is unique to the Crotalus genus; plenty of snakes shake their tails in warning, but only rattlesnakes rattle while doing so.—
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And despite Duffy’s assurance that Artemis is a critical mission, the message runs hollow if word from the Oval Office doesn’t match.—
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Its murkiness often comes from natural limestone churned up by the current — a mineral that supports aquatic life by balancing the river’s pH. To read the full story by Mackensy Lunsford (and find out where to paddle playfully), tap the link to her reporting here.—
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The multiyear deal guarantees American audiences will continue to see the aquatic competition, headlined by the World Aquatics Championships, the World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25m) and the World Aquatics Swimming World Cup series.—
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Now Ortberg’s plan to gradually raise the severely depressed production of its cash cow Max is showing green shoots, but to ensure dominance in the next decade, Boeing’s top chance at besting Airbus is designing and successfully commercializing a totally new and disruptive 737 successor.—
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Researchers think this effect could buffer against or repair some of the weaker ties between neurons in a depressed brain.—
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Despite the ongoing retirement of older hulls, the PLAN's submarine force is expected to grow to 65 units by 2025 and 80 units by 2035 due to an expansion of submarine construction capacity.—
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Courtney has been pushing the Navy to adopt measures to expand what has become known as the submarine industrial base.—
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Now, the city of Kerrville is refusing to drain the lake, which bubbles with oil from submerged automobiles, Carr said.—
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The Baltimore Police Department’s Underwater Recovery Team was called to the Baltimore harbor on July 24 for reports of a submerged vehicle, police told McClatchy News.—
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“Sunken.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sunken. Accessed 15 Aug. 2025.
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