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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
But the black, confining nunnery space reminds a bit of some medieval dungeon.
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Christopher Smith,
Oc Register,
4 June 2026
Castello di Amorosa, Napa Valley, California Castello di Amorosa is a full-on replica of an Italian castle in the heart of Napa Valley — complete with a dungeon that tends to be a major hit with younger guests.
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Lauren Schuster,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
3 June 2026
After Carle or Cassidy, whom the Vegas brass have locked up in in dungeon near Circus Circus, the pickings look awfully slim.
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Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
3 June 2026
They were set in crumbling castles and moldering dungeons—that is, amid the rubble of a collapsing social order.
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Becca Rothfeld,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
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Christopher Smith,
Oc Register,
4 June 2026
Castello di Amorosa, Napa Valley, California Castello di Amorosa is a full-on replica of an Italian castle in the heart of Napa Valley — complete with a dungeon that tends to be a major hit with younger guests.
—
Lauren Schuster,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
3 June 2026
After Carle or Cassidy, whom the Vegas brass have locked up in in dungeon near Circus Circus, the pickings look awfully slim.
—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
3 June 2026
They were set in crumbling castles and moldering dungeons—that is, amid the rubble of a collapsing social order.
—
Becca Rothfeld,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dungeon
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Concern arose that Orange was going to be taken out of the jail and lynched.
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Vanity Fair reported that he was sentenced to 60 days in jail after being convicted of misdemeanor battery against a girlfriend, and was later charged with battering his third wife, Joanna Ferrell.
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Given the cameras in the courtroom, his defense argued – much like lawyers have in Tyler Robinson’s case in the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk – that his appearance in shackles and a prison outfit could influence potential jurors.
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Later, Simpson served nine years in prison after being convicted on unrelated charges.
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Indeterminate tomatoes need strong stakes, cages, or trellises for support due to their continuous growth and vining habit.
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Additionally, a 12-man tag team match inside a steel cage will determine whether Mark Briscoe finally gets a chance at the AEW World Championship.
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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.
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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.
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In the month since the crisis, residents in the surrounding area have continued to voice their displeasure with GKN Aerospace and the risk placed outside of their homes after the tank cracked.
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Tungsten is a dense, heat-resistant metal used in armor-piercing munitions, tank armor and missile components, but the US has no operating domestic mine producing it at scale.
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Two years ago, a judge freed Anthony Bailey after 27 years in the federal penitentiary, giving him a second chance at life.
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After a federal jury voted to convict him in early 2024, Hernández was sent to a notorious high-security penitentiary in West Virginia to serve his time.
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There were chickens to feed, a coop to scrape, eggs to collect.
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Melissa Knicely, a public information officer with Animal Care and Control, said permitting has increased over the past decade as more residents seek fresh eggs and set up coops at home.
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“Dungeon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dungeon. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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