plumb
Example Sentences
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Scepticism came in waves in late spring when they lost to two of the bottom six and then drew with Livingston, plumb last in the Premiership.
From BBC • May 13, 2026
Or maybe we’ll plumb new depths of dysfunction in the coming year.
From Salon • Dec. 31, 2025
She had focused on romance stories about Navy SEALs but realized she was trying too hard to plumb an unfamiliar topic.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025
In effect, the complaint here invites the Journal’s lawyer to use interrogatories and depositions to plumb the entire relationship between the two men.
From Slate • Jul. 23, 2025
Using some vertically plumb object continued . at Alexandria on the day of the solstice, he measured angle a, and therefore angle P, at 7.2 degrees.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
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Christopher Columbus' Diary: The First Voyage
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"The Odyssey," Vocabulary from Part 1 of the epic poem
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