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Recent Examples of fathom
That indignity on its own is hard to fathom, but climate change has also exacerbated the aridity and seasonal heat in this region, forcing families to endure more triple-digit days without respite.
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Jen Murphy, Outside Online, 3 Dec. 2024
With another agonizing loss for Jets fans, social media just couldn’t fathom how this one ended.
—Scott Thompson, Fox News, 17 Nov. 2024
Though his parents, Robert and Trude, knew their son wouldn’t live much longer, the news was still nearly impossible to fathom.
—Jake Kring-Schreifels, TIME, 25 Oct. 2024
Few even fathomed such a possibility when the winter began, though Brown and some of his lieutenants had privately discussed exploring it.
—Chandler Rome, The Athletic, 12 Dec. 2024
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Jen Murphy, Outside Online, 3 Dec. 2024
With another agonizing loss for Jets fans, social media just couldn’t fathom how this one ended.
—Scott Thompson, Fox News, 17 Nov. 2024
Though his parents, Robert and Trude, knew their son wouldn’t live much longer, the news was still nearly impossible to fathom.
—Jake Kring-Schreifels, TIME, 25 Oct. 2024
Few even fathomed such a possibility when the winter began, though Brown and some of his lieutenants had privately discussed exploring it.
—Chandler Rome, The Athletic, 12 Dec. 2024
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Following the twin threads of Tirzah, Harrison and their descendants over 150 years, this gorgeous novel from the author of Caul Baby plumbs the power of enduring love and the way consequences reverberate through time.Lizz Schumer, People.com, 27 Dec. 2024
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The substances were likely from an accumulation of a lifetime diet of fish from the polluted Danube River and plumbed wine, which was sweetened and preserved with lead.CNN, The Mercury News, 25 Dec. 2024
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In summer 2022, De Luca and Abdy arrived to a Warner Bros in which the feature development pipeline from the Kilar era was tailored toward HBO Max in an effort to scale up the streamer to compete with Netflix.Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 15 Jan. 2025
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Most of these issues can (and presumably will) be addressed by simply scaling back conservative ambitions.Matthew Yglesias, Twin Cities, 15 Jan. 2025
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Tackling these issues requires knowledge that spans multiple fields.Aytekin Tank, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
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In the most recent period, spanning between Oct. 8 and this past Saturday, Myrie drew $183,489 in donations, his campaign said.Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 14 Jan. 2025
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“Fathom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fathom. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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