plumb
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Perhaps there are investigative pieces to be done here by enterprising Timesfolk willing to plumb the depths of the surveillance they allege is being conducted by their employer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026
Or maybe we’ll plumb new depths of dysfunction in the coming year.
From Salon ● Dec. 31, 2025
The 30-year-old set the tone early with a full delivery in his first over that had Young trapped plumb in front.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2025
The songs on Del Real’s first solo album — the title yet to be revealed — plumb the depths of silence and sonic expansion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2025
And the more he enticed Joe to talk, the more Pocock began to plumb the inner workings of this enigma of a boy.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
Mr. Rowlands plumbs his own most personal and treasured recollections for examples.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025
According to Spence, the Fourth Symphony is “bombast,” while the fifth is filled with romance and the sixth plumbs sorrow.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 10, 2023
In keeping with its title, “Choreomaniacs,” which seems to pick up where “Revolver” leaves off, plumbs wilder depths.
From New York Times ● Apr. 24, 2023
Among these some 300 pages are gems, including “Among the Trees,” by poet Carl Phillips, who plumbs the human connections that can be forged in a forest.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 12, 2023
Tell it to her, Friend Sterling, and I guess she will find that your church plumbs the track.
From Dorothy Page by Eldridge B. Hatcher
Even though the S&P 500’s dividend yield is on the cusp of breaking below the record low 1% it plumbed at the peak of the dot-com bubble, several stocks are at the other extreme.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026
Her challenging books demand to be plumbed, debated, compared—and reread.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026
Under Amorim, United have plumbed depths that should not be possible the way football's finances are arranged these days.
From BBC ● Jan. 5, 2026
For proof of the formula’s resilience, look no further than the success of VH1’s “Behind the Music” series, which plumbed the depths of dozens of rock ’n’ roll train wrecks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2025
“It isn’t a proper holiday until we’ve plumbed every available sewer.”
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
What Edwards refers to as fixed-income plumbing is also a worry.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
Passengers described stifling conditions as well as problems with plumbing after paying thousands of pounds for European cruises, including on the Danube River.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
They include food shortages, water contamination, plumbing stoppages, lost mail, and mental health decay, spurring some crew members to jump ship.
From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2026
Lawmakers have expressed concern in recent days about reports detailing a lack of fresh food and personal supplies aboard the carrier, as well as plumbing backups and mental-health problems.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
The apartment had cracks in the walls and old plumbing.
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
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