plumb new depths
idiom
: to reach the lowest or worse state or condition
The team is plumbing new depths this season.
The company's stocks plumbed new depths this week.
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But the past week has seen Nunez’s Liverpool career plumb new depths.
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Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
The Week The Week NR Editors ‘New Jersey politician indicted for corruption’ may seem like the ultimate dog-bites-man story, but Senator Bob Menendez (D.) has managed to plumb new depths.
—Christian Schneider, National Review, 28 Sep. 2023
This year, Beijing has pulled out all the stops, as relations with the US plumb new depths amid the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic and increasingly aggressive rhetoric from US President Donald Trump.
—James Griffiths, CNN, 22 Oct. 2020
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Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
The Week The Week NR Editors ‘New Jersey politician indicted for corruption’ may seem like the ultimate dog-bites-man story, but Senator Bob Menendez (D.) has managed to plumb new depths.
—Christian Schneider, National Review, 28 Sep. 2023
This year, Beijing has pulled out all the stops, as relations with the US plumb new depths amid the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic and increasingly aggressive rhetoric from US President Donald Trump.
—James Griffiths, CNN, 22 Oct. 2020
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“Plumb new depths.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plumb%20new%20depths. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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