as in underworld
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Recent Examples of Sheol
The soul is the same one that ancient Egyptians called the ka, or that God promises the psalmist will be rescued from Sheol, or that lay dormant in the minds of so many contemporary American readers, waiting for the right sound to set it free.
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Harper's Magazine, 25 June 2024
Harper's Magazine, 25 June 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for Sheol
Noun
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With no money, no allies, and nowhere to turn, Gloria is forced to flee and enter the dangerous underworld of money laundering.Veronica Villafañe, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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While not much is known about the film’s genre or plot, it’s said to follow a journalist who takes on an underworld of crime and changes television forever.Matt Grobar, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2024
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Below that is the Futures tour, tennis’s vast netherworld of more than 2,000 true prospects and hopeless dreamers.Carolyn Wells, Longreads, 8 July 2024
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Tells Real-Life Tales of the Country's Most Notorious Motorcycle Gang 'Dune: Part Two' Is Bigger, Bolder — and Yes, Even Better — Than Part One Lyons’ book also utilized a long, taped conversation with Kathy Bauer, the real-life Benny’s wife, as a dispatch from this dirty-fingernail netherworld.David Fear, Rolling Stone, 21 June 2024
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Or did Christ die only for us, leaving any other creatures to a kind of limbo or perdition?Amelia Soth, JSTOR Daily, 27 June 2024
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Although Adolf Hitler met his road to perdition, Joseph Stalin survived and extended his despotism.Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 14 Mar. 2024
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“Sheol.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Sheol. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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