plumbed

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Her 2022 debut novel, “Aesthetica,” plumbed the lengths one aged-out influencer is willing to go to reverse her cosmetic surgeries.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026

Even though the S&P 500’s dividend yield is on the cusp of breaking below the record low 1% it plumbed at the peak of the dot-com bubble, several stocks are at the other extreme.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

They often bounce around from team to team, as Darnold did, but never has one plumbed the depths before managing to rise up and claim the sport's ultimate prize in the ultimate NFL redemption story.

From BBC • Feb. 9, 2026

For proof of the formula’s resilience, look no further than the success of VH1’s “Behind the Music” series, which plumbed the depths of dozens of rock ’n’ roll train wrecks.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2025

Design specifications required that every building be surrounded by an underwater main and be plumbed with interior standpipes.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson