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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Christian Wiman, Harper's Magazine, 2 Aug. 2024
Christian Wiman, Harper's Magazine, 2 Aug. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for Sheol
Noun
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But soon, darkness descends on them as well: they are faced with the city’s criminal underworld.—
Marta Balaga,
Variety,
17 Jan. 2025
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Advertisement According to a report released over the weekend by Taiwan’s National Security Bureau, Chinese agents have sought to use the Taiwanese underworld to channel funds to those with information to sell.—
Christopher Bodeen,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Jan. 2025
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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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The perdition market did not respond to Newsweek's request for comment asking if an announcement like FanDuel's would follow.—
Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell,
Newsweek,
15 Jan. 2025
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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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“Sheol.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Sheol. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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