knee-deep

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Recent Examples of knee-deep As the defending national champions, the Pioneers wade knee-deep in high expectations. Troy Renck, The Denver Post, 5 Mar. 2025 Crews had to use inflatable boats to get through the knee-deep water, which in part aided in the rescue of about 200 people. Taylor Ardrey, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2025 Whether the rediscovery of the show comes from millennials reliving their childhoods or Gen Z knee-deep in their 90s nostalgia, believe the hype. Dontaira Terrell, refinery29.com, 20 Feb. 2025 Of course, as Sloane and her Vision PR are knee-deep in all this so far, former Hiltzik Strategies staffer Nathan and now RWA Communications founder Abel are also in the legal quicksand too. Dominic Patten, Deadline, 20 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for knee-deep
Recent Examples of Synonyms for knee-deep
Adjective
  • Players like Jefferson, who do not have to show up for these voluntary sessions, are not only present but engaged.
    Alec Lewis, New York Times, 29 May 2025
  • Yes, rewarding users with tokens costs companies, but the trade-off is a loyal, engaged audience.
    Matvii Diadkov, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
Adjective
  • One of the involved drivers, a 35-year-old Sacramento woman, sustained serious injuries and was taken to a local hospital, officers said.
    The Sacramento Bee, Sacbee.com, 18 May 2025
  • For instance, some of you may have become more involved in communication or intellectual pursuits.
    Kyle Thomas, People.com, 18 May 2025
Adjective
  • The United States had withdrawn from the World Health Organization and the U.N. Human Rights Council; the State Department seemed more preoccupied with deportations than with diplomacy.
    E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 22 Apr. 2025
  • Early in this episode, Dina mentions to a preoccupied Joel that one of the community’s underground pipes — connected to the outside — has been rendered useless by encroaching roots.
    Noel Murray, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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
  • However, because the pool was shallow, Lisberg was less worried.
    Raven Brunner, People.com, 25 May 2025
  • While Herzig is hoping to win a million dollars, his guests are all worried about their own various fantasy teams, mostly competing for a few hundred bucks.
    David Hill, Rolling Stone, 24 May 2025
Adjective
  • In the novel’s historical re-creation, is there an anxious note to Americans now losing themselves in accommodation?
    David Denby, New Yorker, 23 May 2025
  • An inaccurate diagnosis might lead to unnecessary or risky treatment, and a false positive can cause stress by requiring additional tests and anxious waits for results.
    Max Votek, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
Adjective
  • While Walker is so distracted, a high-speed chase involving the other four cops in on his dirty-money scheme is unfolding across town.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 24 Apr. 2025
  • Eventually, doctors crafted a diagnosis that could explain distracted and excitable personalities, and a consensus formed about how to treat them.
    Adam B. Kushner, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Sørensen will now sit in on Novo Nordisk board meetings as an observer and will also be nominated for a full board position at the 2026 Annual General Meeting.
    Tima Bansal, Forbes.com, 26 May 2025
  • Peterson, 73, posted a screenshot of the article to her Instagram alongside a signature glam shot of her in full character as the Mistress of the Dark.
    Janine Henni, People.com, 26 May 2025

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“Knee-deep.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knee-deep. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.

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