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a dark underground space in a castle used for keeping prisoners
The king threw them into the dungeon.
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Recent Examples of dungeon
His pain pours out, like a long cry from Syria’s dungeons, a cry that was silenced during more than half a century of rule by brutal despots, Bashar al-Assad, and his father, Hafez, before him.
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Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 Jan. 2025
Or, rather, fantastic worlds like medieval castles, dungeons, or Marvel movie sets?
—Janko Roettgers, The Verge, 19 Jan. 2025
Creators will be able to add new quests, characters, items, and dungeons using the Creator's Kit.
—Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 27 Jan. 2025
The marketers use the phrase ancient dungeons to describe a transformation that pays tribute to the castle’s mysterious past.
—Ann Abel, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
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Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 Jan. 2025
Or, rather, fantastic worlds like medieval castles, dungeons, or Marvel movie sets?
—Janko Roettgers, The Verge, 19 Jan. 2025
Creators will be able to add new quests, characters, items, and dungeons using the Creator's Kit.
—Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 27 Jan. 2025
The marketers use the phrase ancient dungeons to describe a transformation that pays tribute to the castle’s mysterious past.
—Ann Abel, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dungeon
Noun
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Wedding served a four-year jail sentence after agreeing to forfeit more than $121,000 seized during an airport sting and agreeing to drop an appeal of his conviction.—
Jackson Thompson,
Fox News,
8 Mar. 2025
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Both suspects were arrested and booked into main jail.—
Anne Gelhaus,
The Mercury News,
7 Mar. 2025
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In prison, McTiernan interviewed many of his fellow inmates to gather their stories and testimonies.—
Maelle Beauget-Uhl,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2025
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The two were later tried separately, with Lori being sentenced to life in prison without parole and Chad, who was part of a doomsday cult, sentenced to death, also for the murder of Lori's two kids and his first wife.—
Jordana Comiter,
People.com,
8 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Alongside the message, the shelter shared photos of the two dogs, including a picture of them inside the cage in the desert.—
Gabrielle Rockson,
People.com,
27 Feb. 2025
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Rossi, however, didn’t leave satisfied after hitting the side of the net with part of the cage gaping as the Wild pressed for the tying goal on a six-on-five late.—
Michael Russo,
The Athletic,
26 Feb. 2025
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Even if one of the arriving Republic cruisers is probably about to scoop him up and throw him into a proper brig.—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
14 Jan. 2025
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Meanwhile, any question that Jod and Captain Silvo (the pirate whose crew mutinied in the series premiere) are one and the same was dismissed, when Brutus and his crew spoke of how Silvo had escaped the brig before facing a trial.—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
10 Dec. 2024
Noun
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What do the Wolves have in the tank two nights after a thriling but draining comeback win like that?—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
27 Feb. 2025
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Most RVers end up in fields without hookups, requiring generators and water tanks.—
Andrea Agostini Ferrer,
Miami Herald,
26 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The complaints at Lee mirror accounts from what was then a federal penitentiary, USP Thomson in Illinois, especially the overuse of four-point restraints.—
Christie Thompson,
NPR,
18 Dec. 2024
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Lamberth also noted that there are only about 16 transgender women housed in female penitentiaries, including the three plaintiffs who sued.—
Anders Fogh Rasmussen,
Newsweek,
5 Feb. 2025
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The truth is that nobody really wants to read about the razing of a single home, or chicken coop, or even school.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
2 Mar. 2025
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Zoom in: Rent The Chicken offers delivery and setup up of a coop on wheels, two or four young egg-laying hens, chicken feed, and food dishes for a five-to-six month rental period in D.C. and its suburbs.—
Carly Mallenbaum,
Axios,
25 Feb. 2025
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“Dungeon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dungeon. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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