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Noun
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But after cleaning house in the Windy City and establishing himself as the top dog of the criminal underworld, with a growing family to boot, will the allure of his past be enough to send him packing?—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
4 June 2026 -
Then, any feeling of empowerment Rue got from her underworld dealings and religious inklings was squished by a Wire-ish cat-and-mouse game between her suppliers and their federal law-enforcement foils, leading to her death in the finale.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
2 June 2026
Noun
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The rules of this netherworld announce themselves, early on, via a nondescript wall sign.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
10 Apr. 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
Noun
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Crucial events morphed into massive set pieces, like Louis hunting down Claudia’s killers by setting their theater on fire, exploding the motorcycles of the vampires who fled the inferno, and eventually bursting out of a manhole to behead Claudia’s main tormenter.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
2 June 2026
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Our bombs turned the city into a burning inferno and killed countless civilians.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 May 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
Noun
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But how can artists break out of this pop star purgatory?—
Brittany Luse,
NPR,
29 May 2026
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And the Mass, in its very Catholic nature, is really focused on … repose for the departed, to bring their souls from purgatory to heaven in the afterlife.—
Rod Stafford Hagwood,
Sun Sentinel,
29 May 2026
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“Tartarus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Tartarus. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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