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fathom

[fath-uhm] / ˈfæð əm /


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"It's been an unbelievable year for us. We still don't really fathom everything that is going on," he said.

From BBC

Meanwhile, Umar's family and neighbours are still trying to fathom what happened.

From BBC

This is rocking Britain in a way Americans may struggle to fathom if their frame of reference is U.S. public broadcasting.

From The Wall Street Journal

He declined, but I couldn’t quite fathom how he was going to get home so late at night.

From Los Angeles Times

“It is hard to fathom McKinley’s swing from one end of the imperial spectrum to the other in less than a year,” Mr. Jackson writes.

From The Wall Street Journal