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Recent Examples of plumbs
Ophelia’s Got Talent plumbs the depths of the nineteenth-century cult of Ophelia, epitomized in John Everett Millais’s famous painting of her watery death.
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Caroline Lillian Schopp, Artforum, 13 May 2026
As Latifi plumbs the industry, what stands out is just how manufactured this content is, and how often the children are being manipulated to perform.
—Kristen Martin, The Atlantic, 13 May 2026
Maurizio Cattelan, who also wielded a banana with profound memetic effectiveness, is one of the few other artists whose work has this kind of stickiness, but his recent sculptures have leaned more on the public’s appetite for stunts, whereas Rødland plumbs more mysterious depths.
—Chris Wiley, New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2026
This documentary plumbs the issue in a personal, entertaining and thought-provoking way.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2026
This historical novel with relevance for today plumbs the depths of extremism.
—Monitor Reviewers, Christian Science Monitor, 21 Nov. 2025
With her steadfast vision and the solid craftsmanship of the clothes, Trotter plumbs still waters to conjure a universe in which control and release coexist.
—Vogue, 27 Sep. 2025
Caroline Lillian Schopp, Artforum, 13 May 2026
As Latifi plumbs the industry, what stands out is just how manufactured this content is, and how often the children are being manipulated to perform.
—Kristen Martin, The Atlantic, 13 May 2026
Maurizio Cattelan, who also wielded a banana with profound memetic effectiveness, is one of the few other artists whose work has this kind of stickiness, but his recent sculptures have leaned more on the public’s appetite for stunts, whereas Rødland plumbs more mysterious depths.
—Chris Wiley, New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2026
This documentary plumbs the issue in a personal, entertaining and thought-provoking way.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2026
This historical novel with relevance for today plumbs the depths of extremism.
—Monitor Reviewers, Christian Science Monitor, 21 Nov. 2025
With her steadfast vision and the solid craftsmanship of the clothes, Trotter plumbs still waters to conjure a universe in which control and release coexist.
—Vogue, 27 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for plumbs
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The menu spans several regions—Thai curries, Chinese dim sum, Japanese sushi—and the restaurant tends to attract both hotel guests and regular Cairo diners who come specifically for it.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
12 May 2026
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The wetland spans about 428,000 hectares (1,600 square miles) of lagoons, mangroves and marshes — roughly the size of Los Angeles — and has been a UNESCO biosphere reserve since 2000.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 May 2026
Verb
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The law does not change limits for undergraduate borrowers but dramatically scales back how much graduate students can borrow.—
Cory Turner,
NPR,
14 May 2026
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In a separate study, Perez recently found that evidence showing that depression scales hold steady across other features, such as gender and culture, is inadequate.—
Simon Makin,
Scientific American,
14 May 2026
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“Plumbs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plumbs. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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