undercurrent

“But the undercurrent is always money and power.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

Defiant and electrifying, it carries a surprising undercurrent of optimism - while songs like Trance State and Dancing with the Europeans rank among the band's best work.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

Anyone who knows Early’s comedy knows that even his most eviscerating jokes have an undercurrent of love and hope.

From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026

A strong undercurrent of that lively book is that it’s good to be unreadable and sneaky: “I play it very loose.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 2, 2026

A faint undercurrent of laughter fills the car.

From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth

The updated production by director Emma Griffin leaned into the story’s “Succession” undercurrents, with the not-quite-toothless old lion lashing out at those he sees as eager to supplant him.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

He said although there were signs, he thought more were needed to warn people about the "sandbanks and the undercurrents there, and to keep inshore".

From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026

When I read it in high school, I wasn’t engaging with its undercurrents of racism, xenophobia, antisemitism, gender or sexuality in the way I do now.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

“In an eventual post-crisis world, a multi- polar environment lends itself to a much more gold-positive one. Additionally, many of the undercurrents that drove gold prices higher remain intact, albeit on pause,” he added.

From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026

Somehow during their aimless but oh-so-significant conversation with its delicious pauses and thrilling undercurrents of emotion, they came to know that they loved each other passionately.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith