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Recent Examples of knee-deep
The bottom line is clear: for a person with hearing loss who’s knee-deep in the Apple ecosystem, soon there will be no better earbuds (or hearing aids) on the market to buy than AirPods Pro.
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Steven Aquino, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2024
This may be reassuring news for stay-at-home parents knee-deep in diapers and temper tantrums.
—Apryl Duncan, Parents, 30 July 2024
Footage of Dollywood visitors wading through brown, knee-deep floodwaters was all over social media yesterday as the popular theme park was hit with nearly five inches of rain in just a few hours.
—Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 29 July 2024
Images show roads and streets in Manila flooded by rains brought by the storm, as people wade through knee-deep water.
—Helen Regan, CNN, 24 July 2024
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Steven Aquino, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2024
This may be reassuring news for stay-at-home parents knee-deep in diapers and temper tantrums.
—Apryl Duncan, Parents, 30 July 2024
Footage of Dollywood visitors wading through brown, knee-deep floodwaters was all over social media yesterday as the popular theme park was hit with nearly five inches of rain in just a few hours.
—Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 29 July 2024
Images show roads and streets in Manila flooded by rains brought by the storm, as people wade through knee-deep water.
—Helen Regan, CNN, 24 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for knee-deep
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Seeing a movie at a theatre is another way to stay away from your phone and hopefully become engaged in something that isn’t the election.Aditi Shrikant, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2024
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In turn, this leads to greater success, stronger relationships and a more loyal, engaged workforce.Krystyna Larrave, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Dateline spoke with Sheriff Mike Le Roux of the Archuleta County Sheriff’s Office, who said that while the Jicarilla Apache Nation Police Department in New Mexico is the lead agency on the investigation, his office became involved because the property falls within their jurisdiction.Veronica Fulton, NBC News, 5 Nov. 2024
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Yet another person said the poster never should have spoken up and gotten involved in the first place.Erin Clack, People.com, 4 Nov. 2024
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Indeed, no one is more preoccupied with such star power than Donald Trump himself, who basks in the adulation and approval of luminaries who support him and regularly lashes out at those who don’t.Brian Lowry, Variety, 4 Nov. 2024
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And Beltran seems very preoccupied with making sure that Amelia knows she’s not taken.Laura Bradley, Vulture, 25 Oct. 2024
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Because of this, absorbed sunlight isn’t reradiated in every direction equally but in some directions more than others.Phil Plait, Scientific American, 20 Sep. 2024
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Chemical sunscreen, also called absorbed sunscreen, works by absorbing the UV rays, converting them to heat and releasing them from the body.Megan Decker, refinery29.com, 7 July 2024
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Although dissenters are worried about the cost, the climate change crisis harms everyone, even those who don’t live in a region that is at risk of wildfires.Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
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Authorities are worried about other health problems in the aftermath of the deadliest natural disaster in Spain’s recent history.Hernán Muñoz and Joseph Wilson, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
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Zoom out: Americans have been worried and anxious about post-election violence and turmoil.Erin Doherty, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
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In Tucson, Arizona, David McCumber, the executive editor of the Arizona Daily Star, who manages the paper’s op-eds and letters to the editor, said voters are extremely anxious.Brian Stelter, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
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Grieving widows and parents across the country told them about the patchwork of laws against distracted driving, and the inconsistent citations or sentencing handed down to careless motorists.Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 7 Nov. 2024
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Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is in some ways itself a product of those concerns, both as a 36-years-later sequel and as a story about how Lydia has since stepped into the position of the distracted parent who’s unable to connect with their own moody child.Alison Willmore, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2024
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Lawrence Gostin, director of the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law at Georgetown University, said if Republicans do take full control of Congress, those changes could be significant.Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
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The parking lot was full, and so were the side streets.Madison Lammert, Journal Sentinel, 6 Nov. 2024
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“Knee-deep.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knee-deep. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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