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sank

American  
[sangk] / sæŋk /

verb

  1. a simple past tense of sink.

sank British  
/ sæŋk /

verb

  1. the past tense of sink

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Stocks overall look like they’ll end the week on a sour note, though, a day after Nvidia, the world’s most valuable company, sank following what seemed like stellar results.

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The monkey squeaked and sank his teeth in my finger.

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I forced myself to wait in the bush a little longer, and while I did, all my pains sank in.

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Owens Corning OC -2.12%decrease; red down pointing triangle widened its loss in the fourth quarter as sales sank, hurt by challenged end markets across multiple businesses.

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The event came a day after fears about disruption by artificial intelligence sank stocks.

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