Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
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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
Among these: “Beware of little expenses; a small leak will sink a great ship”; and “Early to bed early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2025
In the meantime, she said, shunting well-liked leaders will sink morale.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2025
He joked that his immediate thoughts were about getting a massage after a gruelling swim, and his achievements will sink in when he returns home.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2024
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
