bottomless pit
noun
: something that holds a very large amount of something
My brother's always hungry. His stomach is a bottomless pit.
The Internet is a bottomless pit of information.
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He’s gone rappelling into the bottomless pit that surrounds desire.
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Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 26 May 2026
You're finally legally allowed to pay players, and all the Red Raiders have done is summon their bottomless pit of billionaires to start purchasing five-star edge rushers and offensive tackles.
—Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 15 May 2026
Yet with the evaporation of what once seemed like a bottomless pit of money from the Saudis’ sovereign Public Investment Fund, O’Neil and his team have not finalized a business plan that could sustain LIV into the future.
—Barry Svrluga, New York Times, 5 May 2026
Someway, somehow, this team moves an entire kitchen staff from guest house to guest house, preparing a seemingly bottomless pit of meals for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
—Joe Baur, Outside, 31 Oct. 2025
Their insecurity is a bottomless pit.
—Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2025
The bottomless pit of anxiety and depression eased.
—Andrew Deangelo, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Linda lashes out at everyone, a bottomless pit of emotional need, and takes refuge in drugs and alcohol.
—Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 21 July 2025
In turn, Russia must let Assad know that direct talks have to happen, because Putin cannot allow Syria to be a bottomless pit of military and financial aid.
—Luay Al Khatteeb, Foreign Affairs, 18 Oct. 2015
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Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 26 May 2026
You're finally legally allowed to pay players, and all the Red Raiders have done is summon their bottomless pit of billionaires to start purchasing five-star edge rushers and offensive tackles.
—Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 15 May 2026
Yet with the evaporation of what once seemed like a bottomless pit of money from the Saudis’ sovereign Public Investment Fund, O’Neil and his team have not finalized a business plan that could sustain LIV into the future.
—Barry Svrluga, New York Times, 5 May 2026
Someway, somehow, this team moves an entire kitchen staff from guest house to guest house, preparing a seemingly bottomless pit of meals for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
—Joe Baur, Outside, 31 Oct. 2025
Their insecurity is a bottomless pit.
—Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2025
The bottomless pit of anxiety and depression eased.
—Andrew Deangelo, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Linda lashes out at everyone, a bottomless pit of emotional need, and takes refuge in drugs and alcohol.
—Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 21 July 2025
In turn, Russia must let Assad know that direct talks have to happen, because Putin cannot allow Syria to be a bottomless pit of military and financial aid.
—Luay Al Khatteeb, Foreign Affairs, 18 Oct. 2015
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“Bottomless pit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bottomless%20pit. Accessed 30 May. 2026.
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