wade in
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She opened up about the latest body-shaming abuse in an Instagram post on Thursday, saying she felt she needed to "wade in and speak for myself".
From BBC ● May 29, 2026
The problem with wars is that when they don’t go as you planned, you have an ugly choice—end them unsatisfactorily or wade in deeper.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 13, 2026
He is my siblings’ laughter, running laps around the tide pools we’d wade in as children along the Jersey shore.
From Salon ● Feb. 3, 2024
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo says she is leaving the X platform because it fosters division and has become a “gigantic global sewer” that she refuses to wade in any longer.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 27, 2023
It was hot enough so that it felt good to wade in a cold stream, and the sun dried you when you came out and sat on the bank.
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
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