Fathoming out what's really going on is something akin to of 'Kremlinology' during the Cold War.

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Fathoming where and when such events will occur is too complicated for any conceivable computer model.

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Acquaintances struggled with fathoming the deadly actions being attributed to someone they had known.

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Yet fathoming his intentions is notoriously difficult, not least because the president delights in sending out conflicting messages.

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The rewards are great but few can come close to fathoming the emotional and relationship cost that comes with the career choice.

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Whether they really believed it in their heart of hearts (which in my view is ultimately of no importance) the Soviets took the application of communism very seriously and, right until it all came crashing down, maintained a degree of state control over the economy that Westerners have a hard time fathoming.

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