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underworld

[uhn-der-wurld] / ˈʌn dərˌwɜrld /


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Its bright orange shade looked almost neon against the phantasmagoric roses bursting from the carpeting and wallpaper—every inch of this underworld custom-calibrated for a blindingly colorful ride.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 9, 2026

Capp notes, "Even in London's seedy underworld, a hat felt essential."

From Science Daily May 7, 2026

In the underworld of social media they are now arguing among themselves.

From BBC Feb. 28, 2026

The country has a sprawling underworld of clandestine artisanal miners.

From Barron's Feb. 16, 2026

He told Hermes to go down to the underworld and to bid the lord of it let his bride go back to Demeter.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

“This latest action marks a significant escalation in the partnership between the cyber underworlds of these two nations,” Chainalysis said on its blog.

From Washington Times Sep. 18, 2023

Globally, assorted gods have patrolled assorted underworlds for millennia, with death as their gloomy guard duty.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 1, 2022

The “Uncut Gems” creators, Josh and Benny Safdie, are known for their merciless filmmaking style, made up of seedy underworlds and populated with first-time actors cast off the street.

From New York Times Nov. 27, 2019

Ancient heroes who wished to grasp the truth of things had to pass through underworlds, or dwell in caves; sometimes, like Oedipus, they could see clearly only once they had been blinded.

From The Guardian Dec. 15, 2018

I have assisted at carnivals and feasts in various foreign parts—carnivals of students and also of the theatrically desperate apaches in the crawling underworlds.

From Nights in London by Burke, Thomas




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