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The only solution Owens and Austin Baurichter could fathom then was creating a ballot measure.

From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2026

But during a week when the canted economy just created its first trillionaire, I can’t fathom why Sarnoski felt we needed this version of Robin Hood now.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026

But even they came around faster than the burgeoning class of prestige TV era viewers who couldn’t fathom that the new “Battlestar” could be as culturally resonant as, say, “The Sopranos” or “The Wire.”

From Salon ● May 5, 2026

Mr. Boone initially creates only a mild impression, making Seth’s suspicion of him and discomfort in his presence hard to fathom.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026

St. John’s eyes, though clear enough in a literal sense, in a figurative one were difficult to fathom.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

DaCosta fathoms the deepest notes in Ibsen’s classic as though they were whale song, remixing them into her own ode to a woman who needs healthier hobbies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2026

In the late 1800s the Yup’ik people from the Alaskan coast recorded building kayaks that were 2.5 fathoms long plus a cockpit, which was the length of an arm with a closed fist.

From Science Magazine ● May 31, 2023

“He’s playing it off. I don’t think he fathoms how bad this is. Shame on him. I hope he gets what he deserves.”

From Washington Times ● Jul. 6, 2021

And after some initial tests in the shallow water, the Thresher headed out to where the ocean was 1,400 fathoms, or a mile and half, deep.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 26, 2019

In the stern the net slipped free from the drum and rolled over the fairleads easily toward the sea until at last the whole of it was out of the boat, three hundred fathoms long.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson

Ken Ono’s career as one of the world’s most prominent mathematicians has taken him to places that he never could have fathomed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2025

"We never fathomed it would be this catastrophic and apocalyptic."

From BBC ● Jan. 14, 2025

“He did something she could have never anticipated or fathomed or predicted,” Ms. Smith said.

From New York Times ● Jan. 25, 2024

Jeni and Christina, who didn’t want their last names used for privacy reasons, made the decision that neither ever fathomed they would make: ending a wanted pregnancy in the third trimester.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2022

But I never fathomed the need of the culture even for the smallest acts.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee

Climate change is what philosopher Timothy Morton calls a hyperobject: something that so massively occupies space and time that our puny primate brains have trouble fathoming them.

From Salon ● Dec. 31, 2025

They are like the proverbial worker who knows how to use a hammer and thus sees everything as a nail—not fathoming the existence of other tools.

From Scientific American ● Jun. 8, 2020

He was also being “completely honest,” baring a bewildered and troubled soul, not fathoming why he is so uninspired to play a sport he intends, or hopes, to continue on with.

From New York Times ● Jul. 4, 2017

Cheng brought mystery to the “Desert” Chorus and an unforgiving light to the “Day” Chorus, conveying the lure of the land, without a sense of which there is no fathoming the Middle East.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2017

Who has a fathoming line long enough to sound the depths of that "how much more"?

From The Spirit-Filled Life by MacNeil, John