as in underworld
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Noun
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When Israeli legislators complained that Lansky probably planned to consort with the local underworld, the government changed its mind and rejected his application.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
3 Apr. 2025 -
This mafia underworld has long been hidden, and Mafia: Most Wanted is about to change that.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
5 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The other two-thirds are on a scale of anxiously hopeful to beyond desperate -- an amorphous netherworld of doubt that, yes, includes the Miami Dolphins with Tua Tagovailoa, or should.—
Greg Cote,
Miami Herald,
3 Apr. 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
Noun
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Sergeant Eshel and the others on duty died in the inferno.—
Isabel Kershner,
New York Times,
25 Jan. 2025
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With his wife trapped in the inferno, the protagonist must navigate competing priorities between saving lives and preventing a terrorist attack.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
18 Mar. 2025
Noun
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All of that means those new deals and platforms that Sony was hoping for the beloved and money-making game shows are in legal purgatory for at least a month.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
16 Apr. 2025
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Moving From Pilots To Performance Many enterprises are stuck in proof-of-concept purgatory — touting dozens of pilots but deploying none.—
Kolawole Samuel Adebayo,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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“Tartarus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Tartarus. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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