plumbed

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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

Right now, only some of the dancers in each of the two casts I saw plumbed the ballet’s depths.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 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

Welsh rugby plumbed new depths at their own ground, eclipsing the 68-14 Six Nations defeat by England in March.

From BBC • Nov. 29, 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