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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
For the entire 15-minute show, they’ve been contorted into pieces of furniture Lawson fabricated, pieces befitting something between an asylum and BDSM dungeon, and reminiscent of Allen Jones’s 1960s Pop sculpture series, which depicts fiberglass women in fetishware as home objects.
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Anna Peele, Vanity Fair, 6 Feb. 2026
Is Rashid a monstrous dungeon master?
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 5 Feb. 2026
Dell is her stream's dungeon master, banishing those who don't abide by her terms and steadily rising up the platform's ranks with her sympathetic story and angry-funny screen presence.
—Danielle Parker, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026
Must-visit attractions include the city's gold museum, Museo del Oro Zenú, and Las Bóvedas, where former dungeon cells now hold souvenir shops.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 2 Jan. 2026
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Anna Peele, Vanity Fair, 6 Feb. 2026
Is Rashid a monstrous dungeon master?
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 5 Feb. 2026
Dell is her stream's dungeon master, banishing those who don't abide by her terms and steadily rising up the platform's ranks with her sympathetic story and angry-funny screen presence.
—Danielle Parker, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026
Must-visit attractions include the city's gold museum, Museo del Oro Zenú, and Las Bóvedas, where former dungeon cells now hold souvenir shops.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 2 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dungeon
Noun
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This center could break that cycle by getting them the specialized treatment that the jail cannot and does not provide.—
Jim DeFede,
CBS News,
29 Mar. 2026
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Ramsey, 53, has been held in a Dallas County, Iowa, jail since March 17, with bail set at $2 million.—
Tim Stelloh,
NBC news,
29 Mar. 2026
Noun
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He was beaten by security forces, arrested and sentenced to 14 years in prison.—
Kate Linthicum,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Mar. 2026
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During his 12-year pontificate, Francis famously celebrated the Holy Thursday ritual by traveling to Rome-area prisons and refugee centers to wash the feet of people most on society’s margins.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
29 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Farmer Boys’ breakfast burritos contain cage-free eggs, hash browns, cheese, salsa and choice of meats.—
Abby Hamblin,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Mar. 2026
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Boyers said that many of these escape attempts are at least partly down to the fact a hamster cage can feel quite limiting.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Mar. 2026
Noun
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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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Rules of engagement are also on the law books, so--if for no other reason--American troops follow them to stay out of the brig.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The tank was placed on the ice March 10 and fell through by March 25, weeks earlier than usual.—
Spencer Wilson,
CBS News,
30 Mar. 2026
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The think-tank set was not prepared to tackle the common good, much less the Highest.—
Becca Rothfeld,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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But Wood’s penitentiary is considerably sturdier.—
Robert Rubsam,
The Atlantic,
26 Mar. 2026
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The former president was hospitalized on March 13 after feeling ill at the Papuda penitentiary in the Brazilian capital.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
23 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Wearing a cockfighter’s cap, George gave us a tour of his chicken coops, taking out a bird for our inspection.—
Jonathan Bernstein,
Rolling Stone,
17 Mar. 2026
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Make sure chicken coops and livestock are protected.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
9 Mar. 2026
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“Dungeon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dungeon. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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