as in wading (in or into)
to start work on energetically
the first morning back at work was spent diving into the huge pile of e-mails that had accumulated over the previous two weeks
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Phillips, a starter after transferring from Tennessee State, impressed scouts with his physical play, tackling and run defense.—
Kirk Kenney,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026 -
Haven’t gotten around to tackling that deep spring cleaning checklist yet?—
Toni Sutton,
PEOPLE,
26 Apr. 2026
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By the time selling experimental and theraputic peptides to people who had watched athletes on steroids race for a million dollars was no longer a fever dream but an approaching reality, D’Souza felt his work was done.—
Clara Molot,
Vanity Fair,
30 Apr. 2026
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Orders of protection barring him from approaching his victims were issued, prosecutors said.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Diving (into).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diving%20%28into%29. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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