noun
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a person or thing that dives
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a person who works or explores underwater
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Also called: loom. US and Canadian name: loon. any aquatic bird of the genus Gavia, family Gaviidae, and order Gaviiformes of northern oceans, having a straight pointed bill, small wings, and a long body: noted for swiftness and skill in swimming and diving
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any of various other diving birds
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slang soccer a player who pretends to have been tripped or impeded by an opposing player in order to win a free kick or penalty
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Learn about whale biology: If you’ve seen or heard of the movie Whalefall, in which a scuba diver is swallowed by a whale, you have probably wondered whether the premise is at all plausible.
From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2026
Danish diver Gert Normann Andersen finally discovered it in 2016.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
A free diver has said he "couldn't believe his luck" after spotting a giant jellyfish off the Welsh coastline.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
Prosecutors identified the man only as trained scuba diver Vladimir Z, however he is understood to be Volodymyr Zhuravlyov, who was arrested in Poland in 2025 over the undersea plot.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
In college, the agent had been a first-string diver on the swimming team; he had almost qualified for the Olympics.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
The artist Carole Feuerman just unveiled “Monuments of Stillness” — 10 giant sculptures, all of them swimmers or divers — on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2026
While the ship will rest at a depth of 180 feet, its top decks will be just about 55 feet below the water's surface, reachable for beginner divers.
From Barron's ● Nov. 11, 2026
But the divers are convinced that site 2-04 is the final resting place of the Guerrero and the slaves it was carrying.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department divers found Romero’s body in the helicopter wreckage, some 218 feet below, a day later.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
The Empress was presented with “six little chests of divers pictures.”
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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