abyss

“An abyss opened in our country,” Machado said, describing a surge of public anger at the faltering government response.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

But I’m blown away by how “It Ends” reaches into the abyss of contemporary living and pulls out something tangible for us to chew on.

From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026

The Morandi Bridge in Genoa, part of a key highway connecting France and Italy, gave way in torrential rain on August 14, 2018 sending dozens of vehicles tumbling into the abyss.

From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026

This whole Western Conference semifinal series against these defending champions has been a lose-lose proposition for the Lakers, who are now down 3-0 and staring into the elimination abyss in Game 4 on Monday.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 10, 2026

He collapses on the ground and it flies into the abyss.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins

At his debut press conference, he vowed to face down "multitudinous minefields and 30,000-metre abysses" in reforming China.

From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026

And while the play never explicitly explores its underlying theme—that music can help bridge the gaps, or the abysses, that divide people—the deft integration of story and song illuminates it naturally.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026

After all the abysses we’ve looked into over the course of the book, that’s not much of a blueprint for optimism.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2023

“Bad Kind of Butterflies,” with a breathy vocal that tiptoes above furtive keyboards and deep bass abysses, is well aware of Billie Eilish.

From New York Times ● Dec. 12, 2019

The Jelu mountains, the highest in Central Kurdistan,—a mass of crags, spires, and fantastic parapets of rock, with rifts and abysses of 282 extraordinary depth,—come down almost directly upon it.

From Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs by Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) Bird