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a social sphere that exists outside of the mainstream
a magazine article taking an insightful look at the underworld inhabited by street people
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Recent Examples of underworld
Then some of his young students are kidnapped by child traffickers and Alex descends into the criminal underworld; nothing can prepare you for the bananas final 45 minutes as Foster lays waste to the siege of villains in his dojo.
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2025
Together the two enter a whirlwind romance sending them down the rabbit hole of drugs and depravity in Manhattan’s underworld.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 20 Feb. 2025
Along their journey, Majima and his crew come into the crosshairs of the criminal pirate underworld of Madlantis, setting the stage for a level of cartoonishness that would be considered kind of ridiculous, even for this franchise’s standards.
—Isaiah Colbert, Rolling Stone, 18 Feb. 2025
Paige Mahoney is one such clairvoyant, a dreamwalker, and is highly ranked in the criminal underworld.
—Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2025
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2025
Together the two enter a whirlwind romance sending them down the rabbit hole of drugs and depravity in Manhattan’s underworld.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 20 Feb. 2025
Along their journey, Majima and his crew come into the crosshairs of the criminal pirate underworld of Madlantis, setting the stage for a level of cartoonishness that would be considered kind of ridiculous, even for this franchise’s standards.
—Isaiah Colbert, Rolling Stone, 18 Feb. 2025
Paige Mahoney is one such clairvoyant, a dreamwalker, and is highly ranked in the criminal underworld.
—Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for underworld
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Just over a year ago its Marvel Studios division was staring into an abyss.—
Caroline Reid,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2025
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With 60 minutes of run time remaining, the film has no choice but to slink into the abyss to die.—
Graham Hillard,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
28 Feb. 2025
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But the film comes into its own at almost exactly an hour, as The Man begins the ritual and The Surrender threatens to go full occult gonzo, complete with a charmed circle and a bleak netherworld resembling Lucio Fulci’s 1981 splatter epic The Beyond.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
9 Mar. 2025
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Great vacations exist in a temporal netherworld, unmoored from the reality of daily life.—
Sofia Perez,
Travel + Leisure,
30 Jan. 2025
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Courtesy Kellie Carlson And the attack has left no fear of the ocean's depths.—
Morgan Chesky,
NBC News,
31 Dec. 2024
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At depths where sunlight cannot reach and temperatures drop to icy lows, life takes on strange forms.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
30 Dec. 2024
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One thing was certain: Per its title, it was set in the demimonde of the galaxy far, far away, among its scoundrels, and smugglers, and bounty hunters and assorted other criminals.—
Christian Blauvelt,
IndieWire,
12 Mar. 2025
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The gumshoe’s exploits, punctuated with suspense, dark comedy and a motley cast unique to the demimonde of the Mexican capital, have been made into films and a Netflix series and translated into English and other languages.—
Patrick J. McDonnell,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Jan. 2025
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“Underworld.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underworld. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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