underworld
Example Sentences
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In the underworld of social media they are now arguing among themselves.
From BBC • Feb. 28, 2026
But there is a serious hurdle: U.S. prosecutors have viewed López Serrano as too valuable a source on the Mexican underworld to ship him back south, according to Mexico’s former Atty.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2026
He drank tall glasses of orange juice in seedy dives as he infiltrated an underworld of bank-robbing clowns and bird-obsessed mobsters.
From Salon • Jan. 23, 2026
Time France's debut edition also includes an interview with US ambassador to France Charles Kushner, a report from Ukraine's Donbas region and an investigation into the art trafficking underworld, according to its table of contents.
From Barron's • Dec. 15, 2025
“So you must be familiar with the underworld that has popped up since my glasses first came on the market.”
From "Warcross" by Marie Lu
Vocabulary lists containing underworld
Reading: Literature - Mythology - Introductory
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Reading: Literature - Mythology - Middle School
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Ancient Greece: Mythology and Literature - Middle School
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