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fathom

[fath-uhm] / ˈfæð əm /


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"You just wouldn't even fathom that something like this would happen," 31-year-old Mary, who is originally from the UK, tells the BBC.

From BBC

The idea of leaving this place behind is something he can’t fathom.

From Los Angeles Times

It’s hard to fathom the Tigers prevailing in a bidding war against a foe like the Dodgers or New York Yankees.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

From The Wall Street Journal

The unprecedented nerve agent poisonings of 2018 on British soil left their mark on those whose job it was to fathom what had happened.

From BBC