underbelly

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It also exposed the AI boom’s underbelly: the grubby sidedeals, financial anxieties, short tempers and personal vendettas that have shaped modern technology every bit as much as the march toward machine consciousness.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

Because people like to say things like, “If I became a right-wing influencer I’d get so rich,” and while there is some truth to that, there is this underbelly of people with really marginal influence.

From Slate • May 7, 2026

Everything points back in the direction of Angel Studios — or, really, the underbelly beneath it.

From Salon • May 3, 2026

Lane’s Willy is both a paternal tyrant and a wounded bear, growling if anyone interrupts him yet unable to conceal his soft underbelly.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026

That’s what you see, Mariam jo, he had said, the dark in their underbelly.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini