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ABC News, 5 Apr. 2026 Young specifically remembers watching a play against Penn State where the big man caught the ball on the block, reverse pivoted, spun and dunked it with two hands. —Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 5 Apr. 2026 Austin Reaves had 25 points and eight assists Jaxson Hayes dunked seven times as the center had his first double-double of the season with 21 points and 10 rebounds, both season highs. —Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2026 The drums might knock and rattle or sound like they were dunked in the subterranean oceans of Titan. —Stephen Kearse, Pitchfork, 24 Mar. 2026 One scout noted Peterson dunked quite a bit in high school, and that hasn’t translated. —Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 17 Mar. 2026 One player happy to have not dunked any at 17 was Brooks Koepka. —Justin Ray, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026 Backup center Isaiah Jackson then grabbed a rebound and dunked off a pass from Darius Garland to further trim the lead to 99-93. —Janis Carr, Oc Register, 15 Mar. 2026 Using his chopsticks, Elijah dunked a dumpling into a tiny bowl of soy sauce. —Literary Hub, 9 Mar. 2026
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Oklahoma City's Cason Wallace missed a fast break dunk late in the first half, but Jalen Williams caught the ball on the way down and dunked it with two hands to put the Thunder up 72-52. —ABC News, 5 Apr. 2026 Young specifically remembers watching a play against Penn State where the big man caught the ball on the block, reverse pivoted, spun and dunked it with two hands. —Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 5 Apr. 2026 Austin Reaves had 25 points and eight assists Jaxson Hayes dunked seven times as the center had his first double-double of the season with 21 points and 10 rebounds, both season highs. —Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2026 The drums might knock and rattle or sound like they were dunked in the subterranean oceans of Titan. —Stephen Kearse, Pitchfork, 24 Mar. 2026 One scout noted Peterson dunked quite a bit in high school, and that hasn’t translated. —Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 17 Mar. 2026 One player happy to have not dunked any at 17 was Brooks Koepka. —Justin Ray, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026 Backup center Isaiah Jackson then grabbed a rebound and dunked off a pass from Darius Garland to further trim the lead to 99-93. —Janis Carr, Oc Register, 15 Mar. 2026 Using his chopsticks, Elijah dunked a dumpling into a tiny bowl of soy sauce. —Literary Hub, 9 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dunked
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Fentanyl seizures, along with several other illicit drugs, have also dipped.— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Apr. 2026
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But his production and availability also dipped after the All-Star break due to injury issues, as he was eventually moved to a bench role in the final weeks of the season.— Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 16 Apr. 2026
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After stepping back from the battle-rap scene, Griffin immersed himself in religion.— Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 19 Apr. 2026
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Day to day, the judge in Texas is immersed in a roster of cases involving immigration, employment and insurance disputes.— Gary Grumbach, NBC news, 16 Apr. 2026
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Scientists with the Environmental Defense Fund said in a 2019 study that hydropower plants and reservoirs can emit substantial greenhouse gases, but their depth and design, the amount of submerged vegetation, and local climate influence how much.— Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2026
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But during that maneuver, the vehicle likely reversed into the water and became submerged.— Brandon Downs, CBS News, 13 Apr. 2026
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In the time he was gone, his daughter nearly drowned and his son swallowed an unknown amount of pool water while trying to get her out of the water, paramedics told police in the arrest report.— Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 21 Apr. 2026
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Police are investigating the death of a woman who drowned while competing in the Ironman Texas triathlon.— Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 20 Apr. 2026
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Keep yourself hydrated—staff are always on hand with flasks of muña tea—and spend some time studying the map with your guide and assessing which trails are best for your ability.— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
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Reshuffling the order in which minerals emerged would create new opportunities for water’s constituent oxygen and hydrogen to combine, more readily forming hydrated minerals that, unlike ice, can endure close proximity to the blazing sun.— Javier Barbuzano, Scientific American, 22 Apr. 2026
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