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 fathomedFor reasons nobody has ever quite fathomed, people finally became receptive to the concept.—Brian Santo, IEEE Spectrum, 7 Nov. 2019
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.
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Variety,
28 Sep. 2025
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Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
10 Oct. 2025
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