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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
Beautiful caverns adorned with foliage and flowers are frequently sandwiched between dungeons filled with cages and cold steel.
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Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2025
From that point forward, the movie is dedicated to the week-long program that Isaiah cooks up for Cameron in his brutalist football dungeon, with each day growing more sinister than the last.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 18 Sep. 2025
Byron carved his name into one of the dungeon walls.
—Thomas Page McBee, Travel + Leisure, 16 Sep. 2025
That’s happened before, a long while back in the Prophecy dungeon, and in a better era of the game.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
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Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2025
From that point forward, the movie is dedicated to the week-long program that Isaiah cooks up for Cameron in his brutalist football dungeon, with each day growing more sinister than the last.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 18 Sep. 2025
Byron carved his name into one of the dungeon walls.
—Thomas Page McBee, Travel + Leisure, 16 Sep. 2025
That’s happened before, a long while back in the Prophecy dungeon, and in a better era of the game.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dungeon
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The Sacramento Police Department initially arrested Hernandez Santana, before he was released from the jail hours later after posting a $200,000 bail bond.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
7 Oct. 2025
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Rachel Fyall, associate professor at the University of Washington Evans School of Public Policy & Governance, said the cost of not housing people includes emergency room care, jail cells and police on the street.—
Ashley Hiruko,
ProPublica,
6 Oct. 2025
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The story would feature voluminous evidence, including Salvadoran intelligence reports, government documents and even prison logs recording the visits of Luna and other Bukele aides to MS-13 leaders.—
T. Christian Miller,
ProPublica,
30 Sep. 2025
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Both Menendez brothers remain in prison after having been denied parole in August of this year, and, in September, a judge denied their petition for a new trial.—
Daniel D'Addario,
Variety,
30 Sep. 2025
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Seven ferrets were also found in a cage.—
Matthew Cupelli,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
4 Oct. 2025
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Most major celebrities or pop artists will tell you their lives are spent in a glass cage, and yearn for mundanity as much as some pine for fame.—
Jaeden Pinder,
Pitchfork,
3 Oct. 2025
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M’Benga makes the difficult decision to send Gamble, or whatever, to the brig.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
7 Aug. 2025
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Even if one of the arriving Republic cruisers is probably about to scoop him up and throw him into a proper brig.—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
14 Jan. 2025
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The strengths Between trying to replace Ehlers and seeing what Toews still has left in the tank, the Jets have a few questions up front.—
The Athletic NHL,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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For mono pages, most also have lower per-page costs than lasers, giving ink tank technology a strong edge for cost per page.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
30 Sep. 2025
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Just up the way, the old penitentiary building is famously open for tours and purportedly haunted.—
Idaho Statesman,
Idaho Statesman,
6 Oct. 2025
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He was pronounced dead by lethal injection at 6:40 p.m. at the state penitentiary in Huntsville.—
Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
26 Sep. 2025
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And a Portland veterans-only village offers a putting green, chicken coop and food pantry.—
Mathew Miranda,
Sacbee.com,
22 Sep. 2025
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Raccoons are clever, opportunistic feeders, eating whatever’s readily available, including plant and animal matter, garbage, pet food, bird seed, vegetable gardens, and eggs from chicken coops.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
21 Sep. 2025
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“Dungeon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dungeon. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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