delve
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With certain guardrails, he’ll unflinchingly delve into deep-seated psychological wounds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
Depraved art even allows us “to safely delve into taboo subjects.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Merseyside Police said an initial delve into his finances showed a high level of personal debt and multiple missed payments on the vehicle's finance.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
A family meeting doesn’t need to delve into numbers.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
Tiwanaku has been excavated for a century, and the more archaeologists delve into it the less there seems to be.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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It also delves into his personal life, including his difficult childhood and the 14 known children he has fathered with a series of women.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
In case you missed it: The latest Risk Journal podcast delves into a new White House initiative that could allow cybersecurity firms to help the government conduct offensive operations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
In a sweeping, very entertaining investigative account, Dan Kois delves into the history and benefits of bar soap and why it’s worth fighting for.
From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2026
In Burbank, family-run Tun Lahmajo delves into Armenian homestyle dishes, including flatbreads, cold salads, roasted meats, a range of soups and herbed stews.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
Having drawn to him the X-ray, which makes spirit out of dust, and the wireless telegraph, which makes earth out of air, he delves into the deepest sea as a cloud.
From The Voice of the Machines An Introduction to the Twentieth Century by Gerald Stanley Lee
Gibney's documentaries have often delved into powerful groups, including the Church of Scientology, the Enron corporation and Israel-Iran spy wars in "Zero Days."
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
Sure, I have delved into hip-hop, punk rock and Balearic music, but my own culture is naturally embedded into my records.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
As he led us around, he delved into the nerdy details of winemaking and provided back stories to the winery’s most popular bottles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
As Amicus delved into popular constitutionalism—the process by which ordinary people shape constitutional meaning—we came across Lyle Cherneff’s work on a largely forgotten American story that captures the concept in action.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
His name and work would become increasingly appreciated as neuroscientists delved beyond behavioral studies and looked at the physical structures of the brain.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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Our critic wrote that the film “pays eloquent tribute to its subject, delving into the depths of her work’s accomplished purity and the private life from which it came.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
This team should retain a lot of their positivity, but do so without delving into the recklessness and inflexibility we saw before.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
“I took care of mom for 20 years before her dementia started,” she said, delving into some of the long history of their mother’s manic-depressive behavior.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026
Perhaps because he was better at delving into the social and urban fabric than at creating popular spectacle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026
Day after day he went out as before, delving and scraping for food, as thin and dry as a hollow bamboo stick.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
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