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diving

  • present participle of dive.

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He had built a champion in the space of a single season, diving into the transfer portal to assemble a superteam out of thin air.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 22, 2026

One imagined a Hitchockian scene, fighters and attendees diving for cover and cans of repellent as a buzzing cloud descended on the yard.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 15, 2026

On face value, overturning Ream's yellow card to book Almiron for diving seemed a sound decision.

From BBC • Jun. 13, 2026

The moves comes as both Anthropic and OpenAI race to follow SpaceX in diving into a public offering.

From Barron's • Jun. 13, 2026

Ayanna pulled back on the rudder, and the raft peeled away, diving toward the rocky slope far below.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia