Example Sentences

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Central Command, responsible for the Middle East, said April 6 it had sunk more than 155 Iranian vessels.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

Yet only last spring, the PCE inflation rate had sunk to a post-pandemic low of 2.3%.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

But weeks later, they learned the boat carrying the group had sunk near the Greek island of Crete.

From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026

"Everyone thought that the idea of a peace deal had sunk in a swamp," wrote Russian news outlet Moskovsky Komsomolets.

From BBC • Nov. 21, 2025

This marked the first known discovery of a ship that had sunk while transporting enslaved people.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler