DIVED (INTO) Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

dived (into)

verb

variants or dove (into)

past tense of dive (into)

as in had at

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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Later in the inning, an irate Marmol approached Eddings and was tossed.

— Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
The roommate approached the Lyft car as the driver frantically tried to drive away, according to the lawsuit.

— Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 5 Sep. 2026

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Every step beyond this put us in an exclusive club of climbers who tackled the final push to the summit.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 5 Sep. 2026
At the workshop Verhoeff and the participants tackled the 2-out-of-4 problem, in which a painting will fall if any two of four nails are removed.

— Emma R. Hasson, Scientific American, 5 Sep. 2026

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