divers
Americanadjective
pronoun
determiner
Etymology
Origin of divers
1200–50; Middle English < Anglo-French, Old French < Latin dīversus diverse
Vocabulary lists containing divers
Example Sentences
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Crews searched the river alongside the Metropolitan Police, and the boy's body was recovered by police divers hours later, at about 00:15 BST on Sunday.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
A national park provided a helicopter to help in the rescue effort alongside bigger boats and divers from the local area and the army, he said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
Beneath the water, divers tracked current density and coral growths, searching for mother-of-pearl.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
The research team included specialist cave divers from the Cave Divers Association of Australia.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026
Together, they created a deluxe valve system that supplies divers with compressed air.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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