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[delv] / dɛlv /


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Other topics we delve into include Apple’s new operating system and how to get compensated for an airline-seat downgrade.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 19, 2026

VIllarreal: Before we delve further into “The Testaments,” I do want point out this moment onstage at the Academy Awards.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

The meal turned frosty, however, as the group began to delve into specific policy ideas.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 1, 2026

Quaresma says making Therapy at the Club taught her "how fun it is to really blend genres and to delve more into making pop music to make really big songs".

From BBC Jul. 31, 2026

My hands wanted to turn over page after page and delve into my sister’s secret world.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

It also delves into his personal life, including his difficult childhood and the 14 known children he has fathered with a series of women.

From Barron's Sep. 10, 2026

In a sweeping, very entertaining investigative account, Dan Kois delves into the history and benefits of bar soap and why it’s worth fighting for.

From Slate Aug. 19, 2026

The LP is a 13-song project that delves into the complicated heartache of leaving home; what does it mean to break away from the nest where one was raised?

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 1, 2026

The question may become unavoidable as the Fed delves deeper into the potential consequences of AI for economic growth, employment and inflation.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 18, 2026

It digs fer th' things that are out o' sight, It delves through th' toughest crust, It grips th' heart-strings, an' holds 'em tight, Till we've got ter sing — er bust!

From Songs of the Cattle Trail and Cow Camp by John Avery Lomax

As Amicus delved into popular constitutionalism—the process by which ordinary people shape constitutional meaning—we came across Lyle Cherneff’s work on a largely forgotten American story that captures the concept in action.

From Slate Jul. 27, 2026

The 65-year-old comedian divulged his 25 favourite moments as incompetent office manager Brent and delved into the inspiration behind some of his most memorable lines.

From BBC Jul. 9, 2026

Greenspan started a consulting firm where he delved into economic and manufacturing data, a habit that would become the trademark -- he was known for poring over statistics in his bathtub.

From Barron's Jun. 22, 2026

In fact Wilder wrote several scenes, and the playwright Kirk Lynn, whom Mr. Tapper is essentially here portraying, delved through Wilder’s archives and “completed” the play that follows.

From The Wall Street Journal May 21, 2026

The Peasants’ Revolt in the 1380s had as one of its slogans an appeal to Biblical authority: “When Adam delved and Eve span, who was then the Gentleman?”

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith

And whether down to heatwaves sending more people outdoors, or younger people delving into birding, these apps are booming in popularity.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

“I took care of mom for 20 years before her dementia started,” she said, delving into some of the long history of their mother’s manic-depressive behavior.

From MarketWatch Jun. 30, 2026

"Is the iPhone Birth Control?" asked a paper published Monday by the National Bureau of Economic Research, delving into why US fertility rates have fallen by 22 percent since 2007.

From Barron's Jun. 8, 2026

They’re twin portraits of an artist delving into the origin of her modus operandi.

From Los Angeles Times May 11, 2026

I couldn’t even imagine delving into my “issues” with some shrink.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx




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