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When his daughter Rainy is abducted, humble tradesman Wang Wei is thrust into a deadly underworld of corruption and violence.—
William Earl,
Variety,
25 Mar. 2026 -
Soon after, the weapon used is traced back to Sverre Olsen (Arthur Hakalahti), a young arms dealer operating in a downtown warehouse populated by the city’s underworld and, according to the 70 percent assurance of face recognition expert Beate (Ellen Helinder), a familiar presence within the force.—
Jon O'Brien,
IndieWire,
23 Mar. 2026
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Now, in an age of instant communications, their Cold War counterparts could nonetheless disappear into a covert netherworld, loosening Washington’s controls and freeing them to plot coups, mobilize armies, and install governments.—
Alfred McCoy,
Literary Hub,
26 Feb. 2026
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Girand’s journey into this netherworld was sparked by neighborhood chaos and an attempt to understand what was happening.—
Teri Sforza,
Oc Register,
12 Jan. 2026
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Where exactly was that blazing inferno of passion on the diamond?—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
30 Mar. 2026
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Separately, a Cal Fire task force has issued preliminary recommendations in the wake of the inferno.—
Joe Rubin,
Sacbee.com,
26 Mar. 2026
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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.—
Christian Wiman,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Aug. 2024
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In the 1997 film, it's revealed that Meg sold her soul to Hades to save her boyfriend, who eventually left her for another woman.—
Meredith Wilshere,
People.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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The seeds seal Persephone’s fate as one who must spend part of every year with Hades among the dead.—
Demir Alp,
JSTOR Daily,
29 Aug. 2025
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For six of the last seven years, this franchise has been wandering aimlessly through the wilderness of baseball purgatory.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
21 Mar. 2026
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In companies that break out of AI purgatory, the CIO doesn’t own the work alone.—
Keith Ferrazzi,
Fortune,
19 Mar. 2026
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“Tartarus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Tartarus. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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