Diving
Both words in one sentence
- One of the reasons why Das Boot is so great: it plays the trope straight then subverts it when instead of being saved by diving, the submarine is endangered by the fact that it's sinking.
Source: Dive! Dive! Dive! -
Inverted at the same time with non-aquatic mobs who constantly swim up when in water, even enemies like zombies and creepers that would benefit from sinking to reach a diving player.
Source: Walk, Don't Swim
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Sinking and Diving. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/diving/sinking
Diving & Sinking. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/diving/sinking>.
Sinking or Diving. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/diving/sinking.
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