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Noun
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At the bottom of the composition is the figure of Charon, a personage from Greek mythology who rowed souls over the river Styx to enter the pagan underworld.—
Virginia Raguin,
The Conversation,
19 Feb. 2026 -
Ultimately, Brobbey’s brief, if terrifying, brush with Amsterdam’s criminal underworld has not derailed his football career.—
Simon Hughes,
New York Times,
17 Feb. 2026
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Girand’s journey into this netherworld was sparked by neighborhood chaos and an attempt to understand what was happening.—
Teri Sforza,
Oc Register,
12 Jan. 2026
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Nicole finds herself in an all too familiar place for those who have experienced the early phase of young-onset neurological disease, a netherworld between acceptance and denial.—
Gus Alexiou,
Forbes.com,
28 July 2025
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Times investigations uncovered the alert failure in January of last year, and later found that almost no fire trucks were in that side of the community as the inferno raged through.—
Grace Toohey,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Feb. 2026
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The inferno was filmed, photographed and broadcasted around the world in a media frenzy that sealed the airship industry’s future.—
Frank Landymore,
Futurism,
18 Feb. 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
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Often, they are pushed back to Belarus, where they get stuck in forest encampments along the border or in Minsk, in a kind of dangerous purgatory.—
Elizabeth Flock,
New Yorker,
23 Feb. 2026
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There’s a bit of fantasy in this novel as Vivian ascends to the Beyond, a purgatory of sorts, where she is guided by an angel figure named Martha.—
Amanda Favazza,
Southern Living,
15 Feb. 2026
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“Tartarus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Tartarus. Accessed 27 Feb. 2026.
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