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will sink

  • future tense
    of sink.
    sink
    verb (used without object)
    to displace part of the volume of a supporting substance or object and become totally or partially submerged or enveloped; fall or descend into or below the surface or to the bottom (often followed by in orinto ).

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If just one big AI services company slows down its capital investment in data centers, the stocks of the companies that make the physical goods will sink.

From Barron's ● May 5, 2026

For three sleepless days, they inch along past icebergs 200 feet high, knowing that any collision will sink the ship.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 8, 2025

"I don't think it will sink in until I get on the plane."

From BBC ● Dec. 4, 2025

In the meantime, she said, shunting well-liked leaders will sink morale.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2025

Maybe it will sink out there in the lake and go to the country of the njuzu, she thought.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer