abyss
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The campaign group also accused Dean of posting the message: "Indigenous Britain is slipping further into the abyss. We will soon reach the point of no return."
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026
"It draws people into the abyss. It ruins their family relationships, ruins their relationships in the community."
From Salon • Jun. 30, 2023
“We danced around it, in a dance that took the country to the brink of the abyss. And now, God help them, the people and the country have fallen off the cliff.”
From New York Times • Apr. 23, 2023
“Today we have jumped into the abyss. And given up on an important tool in our struggle.”
From Seattle Times • Dec. 30, 2022
“He fought the Regent of Heaven, the angel Metatron, and he wrestled him down into the abyss. Metatron is gone forever. So is Lord Asriel.”
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
Vocabulary lists containing abyss
Night
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Grade 9, List 5
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"The Odyssey" by Homer, Books 19–24
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