plausible
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Learn about whale biology: If you’ve seen or heard of the movie Whalefall, in which a scuba diver is swallowed by a whale, you have probably wondered whether the premise is at all plausible.
From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2026
Surveillance footage and photos spurred hope their 10-year-old pup lost roughly 1,000 miles from home would be located, but the worst-case scenarios seemed just as plausible.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
The line chills not because something like Instagram Kids feels plausible, but because it’s already a reality.
From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026
"One plausible explanation is that the merger produced a rapidly rotating, highly magnetized neutron star -- known as a magnetar -- that powered the extended X-ray emission and continued energy injection," said Yin.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026
Then the potential enemy is tempted to submit on points of dispute rather than unleash a global confrontation, which the aura of irrationality has made plausible.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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