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Recent Examples of knee-deep
Firefighters used a throw bag to rescue a third person while forming a wedge to safely walk through the fast-moving, knee-deep water to reach and assist the other two people and their dog, according to Tucson Fire.
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Jose R. Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 5 July 2025
Indulging in their family pastime, the Macleans find reprieve from their troubles and tragedies while knee-deep in the Blackfoot River.
—Derek Scancarelli, EW.com, 27 June 2025
Climbing 18,000 feet, through knee-deep snow in some years, and descending more than 23,000 feet into infernal canyons with temps bubbling up to 120 degrees, WSER isn’t a feat for mere mortals.
—Miriam Schwartz, Boston Herald, 25 June 2025
Keep this fact in mind the next time a scary Jaws scene pops into your head while wading knee-deep into the whitecaps.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 21 June 2025
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Jose R. Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 5 July 2025
Indulging in their family pastime, the Macleans find reprieve from their troubles and tragedies while knee-deep in the Blackfoot River.
—Derek Scancarelli, EW.com, 27 June 2025
Climbing 18,000 feet, through knee-deep snow in some years, and descending more than 23,000 feet into infernal canyons with temps bubbling up to 120 degrees, WSER isn’t a feat for mere mortals.
—Miriam Schwartz, Boston Herald, 25 June 2025
Keep this fact in mind the next time a scary Jaws scene pops into your head while wading knee-deep into the whitecaps.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 21 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for knee-deep
Adjective
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Entrepreneurs who report higher well-being are more engaged in their businesses, thereby fueling their incentive to grow their ventures.—
Samantha Dewalt,
Fortune,
12 Sep. 2025
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The majority of commenters agreed that the engaged couple were not in the wrong and that the in-laws were overreacting and being too sensitive.—
Erin Clack,
PEOPLE,
11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The production proved emotionally demanding for all involved.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
6 Sep. 2025
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Of the 1,400 publications, more than half involved organizations affiliated with China's defense research and industrial base.—
DIDI TANG,
Arkansas Online,
6 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Shaw became engrossed in beach volleyball a little later than Siena, but her message is still the same.—
Paul Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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What's popular is appearing preoccupied, too busy scrolling on one's phone to look around—and too caught up with one's many friends to make any new ones at a mall.—
Annabelle Canela,
Parents,
4 Sep. 2025
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Jihan peers closer at these images, now sensing in some of them that her father seems preoccupied, as if already aware of the tragic fate that would befall him.—
Leila Latif,
IndieWire,
2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The absorbed or scattered light creates a unique pattern called the spectrum, which is effectively the substance’s fingerprint.—
Ambuj Tewari,
The Conversation,
6 Mar. 2025
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Although the mercury hovered at only 5°, all of us became so absorbed in the rabbit chase that no one noticed numb toes and cold ears.—
Erwin A. Bauer,
Outdoor Life,
25 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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The war in Gaza has sparked a surge of violence in Israel and the occupied West Bank, with a rise in attacks by Palestinian militants as well as settler violence against Palestinians.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
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Police identified the gunmen as Muthanna Omar, 20, and Muhammad Taha, 21, who are both from villages just outside Jerusalem in the occupied West Bank.—
Billy Stockwell,
CNN Money,
8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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People should be joyful, not worried.—
Evan Webeck,
Mercury News,
7 Sep. 2025
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He’s not focused on the economy, which most Americans are worried about.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
7 Sep. 2025
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Maddie is talented, warm, funny and kind but also anxious, plagued with low self-esteem cultivated by a traumatic childhood.—
Jourdain Searles,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Sep. 2025
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The other may be unsure, though not opposed, but anxious about leaving family and community.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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“Knee-deep.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knee-deep. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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