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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
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.
—Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
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.
—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
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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.
—Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dungeon
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Online jail records showed Parady was booked into the Pasco County Jail following the arrest.—
Brittany Miller,
FOXNews.com,
14 June 2026
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Under New York law, climbing a traffic-light pole or perching on its crossbars is a Class A misdemeanor punishable by up to a year in jail, a $1,000 fine, or both.—
Antonio Ferme,
Variety,
14 June 2026
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Landry faces a minimum of 10 years and up to life in federal prison, according to federal prosecutors.—
Landon Mion,
FOXNews.com,
15 June 2026
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Oslo, NorwayReuters — The stepson of Norway’s Crown Prince Haakon was found guilty on Monday of rape and domestic violence and sentenced to four years in prison after a seven-week trial that has further dented the royal family’s once picture-perfect image.—
Reuters,
CNN Money,
15 June 2026
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The president was busy Sunday hosting his extravagant UFC Freedom 250 cage-fighting event on the White House lawn.—
Kenneal Patterson,
Vanity Fair,
15 June 2026
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After Diego Lopes brutally knocked out Steve Garcia following a back-and-forth slugfest, Lopes put on his trademark cowboy hat and hopped up on the cage to celebrate with the crowd.—
Greg Rosenstein,
NBC news,
15 June 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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Swift centered her look around a velvet Ralph Lauren tank dress in a deep maroon shade.—
Meg Walters,
InStyle,
14 June 2026
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Drawing from a well dug on the property, a solar hot water collection tank pulls water through a series of tubes heated by the sun, which then flows into a simple electric water heater.—
Noah Daly,
Idaho Statesman,
13 June 2026
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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.—
Keri Blakinger,
ProPublica,
11 June 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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Farmers supply the chickens and there are seven coops strategically placed around the Yuba-Sutter area to test from.—
Kayla Moeller,
CBS News,
17 June 2026
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If possible, collect some samples and take photos, then contact your local university coop extension service (find yours here) for positive identification.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
15 June 2026
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“Dungeon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dungeon. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.
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