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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
Must-visit attractions include the city's gold museum, Museo del Oro Zenú, and Las Bóvedas, where former dungeon cells now hold souvenir shops.
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Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 2 Jan. 2026
In the eight new episodes, Daphne and Ian will work on pivotal rooms for their businesses including a honeymoon suite in the dove tower, a tea salon, a dungeon tavern and a library, in addition to restoring the chateau’s gatehouse as a residence for Daphne’s granny.
—Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 16 Dec. 2025
Beyond rivals the finest Zelda dungeons with its ability to present you with a litany of ingenious puzzles to solve and levels to navigate, micro tasks to complete, and macro goals to accomplish.
—PC Magazine, 2 Dec. 2025
The dungeon stands to swallow yet another Pakistani prime minister.
—Rafia Zakaria, Time, 6 Nov. 2025
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Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 2 Jan. 2026
In the eight new episodes, Daphne and Ian will work on pivotal rooms for their businesses including a honeymoon suite in the dove tower, a tea salon, a dungeon tavern and a library, in addition to restoring the chateau’s gatehouse as a residence for Daphne’s granny.
—Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 16 Dec. 2025
Beyond rivals the finest Zelda dungeons with its ability to present you with a litany of ingenious puzzles to solve and levels to navigate, micro tasks to complete, and macro goals to accomplish.
—PC Magazine, 2 Dec. 2025
The dungeon stands to swallow yet another Pakistani prime minister.
—Rafia Zakaria, Time, 6 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dungeon
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Powell is accused of first-degree murder with a firearm and is being held without bond, according to Broward County jail records.—
Sofia Saric,
Miami Herald,
23 Feb. 2026
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Myers, 58, was released from jail after posting $100,000 bail, court records show.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
22 Feb. 2026
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On Thursday, a judge sentenced Hunter James Geidl, of Hastings, to 198 months in prison followed by 10 years of supervised release, according to federal court documents.—
WCCO Staff,
CBS News,
22 Feb. 2026
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Some of the strongest footage here shows her everyday life and sisterly relationships built in the prison where she was confined for 14 years after the whole unfortunate affair.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
22 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Then for the main event, fans get to see their favorite wrestlers locked inside a steel cage.—
Adam Davidson,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Feb. 2026
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Inside the fence line were cranes, fuel tanks, and spools of cable; a crew was splicing together cages of rebar to sink into the ground.—
Nick Paumgarten,
New Yorker,
23 Feb. 2026
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Since the shootings, Radford has been held in pretrial confinement at a Navy brig in Charleston, South Carolina.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
19 Dec. 2025
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Gales tore at the Mary’s sails, and surf crashed across the brig’s deck.—
Adam L. Rovner,
The Conversation,
31 Oct. 2025
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Many of the trades the Bulls made at the deadline were focused on moving players to accumulate second-round picks while positioning the roster for a tank job.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Feb. 2026
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Make sure your gas tank is full.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
22 Feb. 2026
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He was arrested again in Jackson, Mississippi, in 1961 and spent four months in a penitentiary where fellow Freedom Riders cried out in song each night.—
Veronica Ortega,
CBS News,
17 Feb. 2026
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Azcarate sentenced Magalhaes to 10 years in the penitentiary and two years suspended.—
Mirna Alsharif,
NBC news,
13 Feb. 2026
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The quarry’s current head, Vincenzo De Gennaro, reminds visitors that Bernini’s tower still features the coop for the homing pigeons that would transport the orders to the quarry from Rome for the measurements of rocks that were needed.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
19 Feb. 2026
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And Maria, the Barred Plymouth Rock, is pretty but stubborn, always the last one in the coop.—
Sid Evans,
Southern Living,
18 Feb. 2026
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