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People with sleep apnea will report dreams of, like, drowning, suffocating, giant waves, gasping for air, being underwater or being choked. – Alex Dimitriu	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I use to want to save everyone, until I realized they were drowning me. – Branden Condy	added by BrandenCondy 1 year ago
It is a mistake that there is no bath that will cure people's manners, but drowning would help. – Mark Twain	added by JokerGem 1 year ago
So when Biden is flying these people all over the fruited plain in the middle of the night, I didn't hear a peep out of those people, i haven't heard a peep about all the people that have been told by Biden [migrants] can just come in — and they're going, they're being abused by the cartels. They're drowning in the Rio Grande. You had 50 that died in some shed in Texas. I heard no outrage about any of that. – Ron DeSantis	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
Maverick County's not just Maverick County. That's mom and her two kids drowning. – Corinne Stern	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Most drowning incidents happen when people never intend to get into the water in the first place. – Omie Dale	Found on CNN 1 year ago
With deep sadness, we report that the body of 6-year-old drowning victim Mas DeChhat was recovered from the Merrimack River today, our prayers are with him, his mother Boua DeChhat who died trying to save him, and the loved ones they left behind. – Massachusetts State Police	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
The time when there is nothing at all in your soul except a cry for help may be just that time when God can't give it: you are like the drowning man who can't be helped because he clutches and grabs. Perhaps your own reiterated cries deafen you to the voice you hoped to hear. – unknown	added by unochickie 1 year ago
Joe Biden’s economy has Americans drowning in record-high inflation. – John Barrasso	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
We are drowning. We are exhausted. – Sherri Dayton	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Unfortunately when specialized units arrived, they found three people died from drowning. – New York	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
It's like you're drowning, and every couple of years you get to take one breath, then are pulled back down. – Anagh Kulkarni	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Quite simply, our community members are drowning, and we do not have life preservers to go around, this is a crisis of epic proportions. It is a moral crisis. It is an economic crisis. It is a racial justice crisis. It is a human crisis. Now is the time to act, boldly and urgently. – Kenyatta Johnson	Found on CNN 2 years ago
It wasn't my plan to spend the rest of my life doing this, to be some kind of champion, if you saw someone drowning you would do the same as me, you would reach out a hand, pull them out, and that's the exact same crime that I'm accused of doing. – Giorgos Kosmopoulos	Found on CNN 2 years ago
The individuals who are intent on causing chaos and disrupting our schools—many of whom are not even connected to local schools—are drowning out the voices of parents who must be heard when it comes to decisions about their children’s education, health, and safety. – Chip Slaven	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
They're very humble about it. They did their good deed and they didn't do it for any recognition. They did it because she was drowning and wasn't going to make it, they did it because it was the right thing to do. – Monica Viet	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Can the states say no? Probably, these governors are making hugely political statements, saying we don’t agree with what you’re doing. ... It seems callous atfirst, but the reality of foster care is these states are drowning on a good day. – Rosanna Berardi	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
At a time when the right to vote is under attack and special interests and dark money are drowning out the voices of the American people, we need to take action. – Amy Klobuchar	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
It is too rare an opportunity. Everyone has lived under the Great Firewall for so long, but on this platform, we can talk about anything, it's like someone drowning, and can finally breathe in a large gulp of air. – Susan Liang	Found on CNN 3 years ago
This is just opportunistic on the part of the House, they've got an issue and unfortunately it seems to be drowning out all the other good stuff we've done. – John Cornyn	Found on CNN 3 years ago
Stop drowning your dreams by jumping into waters that you are unable to swim in. – Loren Weisman	added by lorenweisman 3 years ago
Going high is the only thing that works, because when we go low, when we use those same tactics of degrading and dehumanizing others, we just become part of the ugly noise that's drowning out everything else. – Michelle Obama	Found on CNN 3 years ago
We're trying to keep our heads above water without drowning, we are scared. We're trying to fight for everyone else's life, but we also fight for our lives as well. – Arabia Mollette	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
We're trying to keep our heads above water without drowning. We are scared. We're trying to fight for everyone else's life, but we also fight for our lives as well. – Arabia Mollette	Found on Reuters 4 years ago

People with sleep apnea will report dreams of, like, drowning, suffocating, giant waves, gasping for air, being underwater or being choked.

– Alex Dimitriu

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I use to want to save everyone, until I realized they were drowning me.

– Branden Condy

added by BrandenCondy
1 year ago

It is a mistake that there is no bath that will cure people's manners, but drowning would help.

– Mark Twain

added by JokerGem
1 year ago

So when Biden is flying these people all over the fruited plain in the middle of the night, I didn't hear a peep out of those people, i haven't heard a peep about all the people that have been told by Biden [migrants] can just come in — and they're going, they're being abused by the cartels. They're drowning in the Rio Grande. You had 50 that died in some shed in Texas. I heard no outrage about any of that.

– Ron DeSantis

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Maverick County's not just Maverick County. That's mom and her two kids drowning.

– Corinne Stern

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Most drowning incidents happen when people never intend to get into the water in the first place.

– Omie Dale

Found on CNN
1 year ago

With deep sadness, we report that the body of 6-year-old drowning victim Mas DeChhat was recovered from the Merrimack River today, our prayers are with him, his mother Boua DeChhat who died trying to save him, and the loved ones they left behind.

– Massachusetts State Police

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

The time when there is nothing at all in your soul except a cry for help may be just that time when God can't give it: you are like the drowning man who can't be helped because he clutches and grabs. Perhaps your own reiterated cries deafen you to the voice you hoped to hear.

– unknown

added by unochickie
1 year ago

Joe Biden’s economy has Americans drowning in record-high inflation.

– John Barrasso

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We are drowning. We are exhausted.

– Sherri Dayton

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Unfortunately when specialized units arrived, they found three people died from drowning.

– New York

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

It's like you're drowning, and every couple of years you get to take one breath, then are pulled back down.

– Anagh Kulkarni

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Quite simply, our community members are drowning, and we do not have life preservers to go around, this is a crisis of epic proportions. It is a moral crisis. It is an economic crisis. It is a racial justice crisis. It is a human crisis. Now is the time to act, boldly and urgently.

– Kenyatta Johnson

Found on CNN
2 years ago

It wasn't my plan to spend the rest of my life doing this, to be some kind of champion, if you saw someone drowning you would do the same as me, you would reach out a hand, pull them out, and that's the exact same crime that I'm accused of doing.

– Giorgos Kosmopoulos

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The individuals who are intent on causing chaos and disrupting our schools—many of whom are not even connected to local schools—are drowning out the voices of parents who must be heard when it comes to decisions about their children’s education, health, and safety.

– Chip Slaven

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

They're very humble about it. They did their good deed and they didn't do it for any recognition. They did it because she was drowning and wasn't going to make it, they did it because it was the right thing to do.

– Monica Viet

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Can the states say no? Probably, these governors are making hugely political statements, saying we don’t agree with what you’re doing. ... It seems callous atfirst, but the reality of foster care is these states are drowning on a good day.

– Rosanna Berardi

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

At a time when the right to vote is under attack and special interests and dark money are drowning out the voices of the American people, we need to take action.

– Amy Klobuchar

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

It is too rare an opportunity. Everyone has lived under the Great Firewall for so long, but on this platform, we can talk about anything, it's like someone drowning, and can finally breathe in a large gulp of air.

– Susan Liang

Found on CNN
3 years ago

This is just opportunistic on the part of the House, they've got an issue and unfortunately it seems to be drowning out all the other good stuff we've done.

– John Cornyn

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Stop drowning your dreams by jumping into waters that you are unable to swim in.

– Loren Weisman

added by lorenweisman
3 years ago

Going high is the only thing that works, because when we go low, when we use those same tactics of degrading and dehumanizing others, we just become part of the ugly noise that's drowning out everything else.

– Michelle Obama

Found on CNN
3 years ago

We're trying to keep our heads above water without drowning, we are scared. We're trying to fight for everyone else's life, but we also fight for our lives as well.

– Arabia Mollette

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

We're trying to keep our heads above water without drowning. We are scared. We're trying to fight for everyone else's life, but we also fight for our lives as well.

– Arabia Mollette

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

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