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[depth] / dΙ›pΞΈ /




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Fa'alogo's performance as a replacement for Mariner - who will have a scan on a hamstring strain - demonstrated Samoa's strength in depth, as their head coach Ben Gardiner acknowledged.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

"Our findings show that it might be worthwhile to examine targeted antibiotics from ethnographic contexts - or, as in this case, from prehistoric contexts - in greater depth," concludes Siemssen.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

The lack of depth at center could be a concern during the season, but they’re confident in their perimeter players to set the tone on defense.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026

The quake was registered at a shallow depth of 12 kilometers, meaning its impact was likely to be more severe.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

I didn’t want to scare them with the depth of my grief, so I saved my tears for after they went to sleep, when Mamá and Daddy could comfort me.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson

An action-packed supernatural thriller: Netflix’s new No. 1 show, Below, stars Josh Hartnett as a brooding Newfoundlander haunted by something supernatural lurking in the ocean’s depths.

From Slate ● Oct. 14, 2026

But Gillespie suspects Earhart's plane had likely broken apart and its fragments carried into the depths of the Pacific long ago.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

An impatience with the notion of impossibility, chafing at all boundaries and limits, straining to peer into the depths of the unknown.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Not many recall his reported invocation of another work of Sanskrit poetry that reads, “In sleep, in confusion, in the depths of shame/The good deeds a man has done before defend him.”

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026

Mom clears her throat and reaches into the depths of the tote on her shoulder.

From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day


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