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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
Just getting to these dungeons feels like half the challenge at points, with each route requiring some intricate positional puzzle-solving to clear a path.
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ArsTechnica, 27 May 2026
This colorful shooter game will suck in hours of your time as there is tons of content to explore in the open world, like side quests and dungeons.
—George Yang, PC Magazine, 26 May 2026
From March to November, visitors can see medieval costumes, armor, weaponry, and a replica of a market square and dungeon at the adjacent Athenry Heritage Centre.
—Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 22 May 2026
The book ends with Carl summoning the final boss of the dungeon, which is itself a surprise.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 18 May 2026
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ArsTechnica, 27 May 2026
This colorful shooter game will suck in hours of your time as there is tons of content to explore in the open world, like side quests and dungeons.
—George Yang, PC Magazine, 26 May 2026
From March to November, visitors can see medieval costumes, armor, weaponry, and a replica of a market square and dungeon at the adjacent Athenry Heritage Centre.
—Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 22 May 2026
The book ends with Carl summoning the final boss of the dungeon, which is itself a surprise.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 18 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dungeon
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She is being held on $500,000 bond, according to jail records reviewed by PEOPLE on May 30.—
Bailey Richards,
PEOPLE,
31 May 2026
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On Friday, a judge sentenced him to 60 days in jail, followed by 22 months of probation.—
Nick Lentz,
CBS News,
31 May 2026
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Ali wakes up in the morning to find Rue in the living room, learning from the news that Fez broke out of prison and vowing to get him.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
1 June 2026
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Erasures from his the poet’s journals narrate the speaker’s visit to his father in prison through the pinhole of what’s left of memory.—
Craig Morgan Teicher,
Literary Hub,
1 June 2026
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The top of the tourbillon cage has been anodised in red—a first for AP—adding a splash of color to an otherwise quite dark design.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
31 May 2026
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Nowhere is that more clearer than at the White House this week, where a UFC fighting ring is going up for a June 14th cage match.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
31 May 2026
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Word around baseball is all the losing has turned the Mets clubhouse, which has already been fractured these past couple years, into a joyless brig.—
Bill Madden,
New York Daily News,
2 May 2026
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Crews uncovered the marble slab while excavating the site of the Mentor, a brig owned by Thomas Bruce, the British soldier and diplomat known as Lord Elgin, according to Greece's Ministry of Culture and BBC News, a CBS News partner.—
Emily Mae Czachor,
CBS News,
19 Mar. 2026
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The waffle-stitch of this sweater tank is perfectly elevated and pairs beautifully with wide-leg or boyfriend jeans, skirts, and shorts.—
Staff Author,
Travel + Leisure,
31 May 2026
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Mathieu Lewis-Rolland / Getty Images The tank was designed to hold 900,000 gallons of a hazardous chemical known as white liquor, a chemical brew that contains sodium hydroxide, sodium sulfide and disodium carbonate and is used in the paper-pulping process, officials have said.—
Marlene Lenthang,
NBC news,
31 May 2026
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Mike Braun opened the Speedway Slammer at an Indiana prison, Jim Pillen opened the Cornhusker Clink at a Nebraska work camp, and Jeff Landry opened the Louisiana Lockup in a disused wing of Angola penitentiary.—
Eric Schlosser,
The Atlantic,
4 June 2026
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This includes providing the Colombian military more leeway in the field, signing a new security agreement with Washington and building 10 mega-prisons that mimic Bukele’s network of penitentiaries in El Salvador.—
Daniel DePetris,
Chicago Tribune,
2 June 2026
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Hiring a handyman to assemble a coop kit can cost between $50 and $150 per hour.—
Lacey Ramburger,
The Spruce,
30 May 2026
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Efforts by food coop members to boycott Israeli products, however, have proven more controversial.—
Colin Mixson,
New York Daily News,
27 May 2026
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“Dungeon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dungeon. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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