as in underworld
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Host Ari Daniel speaks with Smithsonian contributing writer Tony Perrottet, who wrote recently about Rome’s underworld—the city lurking beneath the city.—
Ari Daniel,
Smithsonian Magazine,
15 May 2025 -
Jason—her partner—comes off as more laid-back but equally entrenched in the criminal underworld.—
Tahar Rajab,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 May 2025
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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
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Thursday that 18 suspects have been arrested for alleged arson amid the inferno, which has spread across more than 5,000 acres in the foothills of Jerusalem over the past two days.—
Tom O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 May 2025
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With too little carbon dioxide, Earth can become a frozen wasteland, and with too much, a sweltering inferno.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
16 Apr. 2025
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Elite Problems: Stanford and its NIL purgatory A few days ago, the Stanford football Instagram account posted a fun video of program legend and current general manager Andrew Luck making calls to season ticket holders.—
Chris Branch,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
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All of this leaves their professional pride, self-esteem and passion to deliver workplace equity in a state of purgatory.—
Doug Melville,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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“Tartarus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Tartarus. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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