to measure the depth of (as a body of water) typically with a weighted line
the pilot had to continually fathom the river, which drought conditions had lowered to unprecedented levels
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Recent Examples of fathomedThis was a scene even the most loyal Indiana fans couldn’t have fathomed when Curt Cignetti was hired to coach major college football’s losingest program in 2023.—Michael Marot, Chicago Tribune, 25 Jan. 2026 Few would have fathomed that Poyer would be pivotal to the Bills’ success.—Tim Graham, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2026 The big puzzles of today, including dark matter, dark energy, and the origin of the matter-antimatter asymmetry, could hardly have been fathomed at the time.—Big Think, 28 Oct. 2025 For reasons nobody has ever quite fathomed, people finally became receptive to the concept.—Brian Santo, IEEE Spectrum, 7 Nov. 2019
Outside, the large outbuilding has not yet been used for specific projects, but Steward explained the structure is fully insulated, plumbed for water, and wired for 100-amp electrical service.
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Des Moines Register,
Des Moines Register,
19 Jan. 2026
Much as Wes Anderson and Yorgos Lanthimos have plumbed Dafoe’s deliciously wicked sense of humor in pieces that straddle the line between the real and the archly stylized, Solnicki understands that a strong Dafoe performance must always teeter between the two.
Other blue‑chip brands—from McDonald’s and John Deere to tech giants like Amazon and Meta—have likewise scaled back or rebranded diversity work, often citing the new legal and political climate.
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Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
13 Feb. 2026
With containerized data centers, operations can be scaled quickly.