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underbelly
noun as in bottom
noun as in chink in one's armor
Example Sentences
He’s an actor who seems to specialize in exposing the underbelly of idols, be they the wealthy brats of “Saltburn” or the King himself in Sofia Coppola’s “Priscilla.”
But when his latest exposé for a local publication calls into question a prominent Tulsa family, his investigation takes him on a dangerous road from the city’s seedy underbelly to its highest corridors of power.
Among the holes, some dug on top of the graves themselves, were discarded bits of old metal - a telltale sign that those practising in the "darker underbelly" of metal detecting had been here.
The other side of the detective’s profile has him strolling between the starched propriety of upper-class society and the sooty underbelly, doing rich men’s dirty work.
His unit works with police forces across the country to improve training and coordinate responses, which he said is finally "lifting the lid on the criminal underbelly of hare coursing".
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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