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undertone

[uhn-der-tohn] / ˈʌn dərˌtoʊn /


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In the history of Musk, meanwhile, an odd undertone entered the conversation this week.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

This is the human cycle, a tale as old as time that takes on a grim new undertone in a time when matters feel very much life-or-death.

From Salon • Sep. 28, 2025

“What’s fun about Laura’s perspective is Cherry seems completely unhinged and that there’s a real malevolent undertone to her behavior,” Cooke says.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 10, 2025

And that adds a particularly tragic undertone to the coming persecution of the capital’s homeless people: Studies show that most homeless people were residents before they lost their homes.

From Slate • Aug. 13, 2025

‘So that is the King of Rohan!’ said Pippin in an undertone.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien




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