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Recent Examples of fathom
When Harper asks Pam if anyone ever left the group after just one turn of the Wheel, Pam — a true believer — can’t fathom backing out of the group.
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Jim Ruland, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2025
Many others can’t fathom how the Giants landed one of the best hitters in baseball without including a present significant MLB contributor in the deal.
—Tony Blengino, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
Yet the only risk Lucy can fathom before this moment is the financial kind.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 16 June 2025
For my generation, Gen Z, reaching such a milestone is hard to fathom, in large part because of the diverging politics of young men and women.
—Caroline Downey, National Review, 12 June 2025
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Jim Ruland, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2025
Many others can’t fathom how the Giants landed one of the best hitters in baseball without including a present significant MLB contributor in the deal.
—Tony Blengino, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
Yet the only risk Lucy can fathom before this moment is the financial kind.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 16 June 2025
For my generation, Gen Z, reaching such a milestone is hard to fathom, in large part because of the diverging politics of young men and women.
—Caroline Downey, National Review, 12 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fathom
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Its most beautiful and bracing imagery is that of cotton fields plumbed by sharecroppers, endless skies and dusty roads, the verdant expanse of a land that has witnessed so much sorrow.—
Angelica Jade Bastién,
Vulture,
18 Apr. 2025
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And the authors, who were in their late 20s and early 30s when the show was new, seem to have been skittish about plumbing their caver’s scarier emotions.—
Laura Collins-Hughes,
New York Times,
21 Apr. 2025
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Ether, the second-largest token, scaled a more than five-month top of $3,059.60, while XRP and Solana gained about 3% each.—
Reuters,
CNN Money,
14 July 2025
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The rebuilt lodge sat on the foundation of the former and used many of the original's materials, but was scaled back in its design, removing a second story and observation tower that were part of the original, according to the National Park Service.—
Rey Covarrubias Jr,
AZCentral.com,
14 July 2025
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On the other hand, models that had high spatial resolution—taking into account all the hills, mountains, and riverbeds—could only be run over relatively short time spans.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
13 July 2025
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Once construction is complete, Kimball Court will span 98 residences, adding 22 apartments to the existing 76-unit building.—
Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
13 July 2025
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“Fathom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fathom. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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