as in underworld
a social sphere that exists outside of the mainstream the shadowy netherworld of all-night raves

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Recent Examples of netherworld All were jarring openings that guided filmgoers into the strange netherworlds tucked away in otherwise normal big cities and small towns. Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2025 But the film comes into its own at almost exactly an hour, as The Man begins the ritual and The Surrender threatens to go full occult gonzo, complete with a charmed circle and a bleak netherworld resembling Lucio Fulci’s 1981 splatter epic The Beyond. Damon Wise, Deadline, 9 Mar. 2025 Great vacations exist in a temporal netherworld, unmoored from the reality of daily life. Sofia Perez, Travel + Leisure, 30 Jan. 2025 The same netherworld where Julien enjoyed torturing Cortland during his statue days. Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 26 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for netherworld
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underworld
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  • Critics, among them Virginia Giuffre, one of Epstein’s victims, have claimed Maxwell’s father held ties to the Mossad, arguing that Epstein was involved in a shadowy underworld connected to an intelligence apparatus.
    Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 22 July 2025
  • Pulp Fiction, about two hitmen — portrayed by Samuel L. Jackson and John Travolta — and how their exploits intersect with the lives of a cast of characters existing in the criminal underworld of Los Angeles, also stars Bruce Willis, Tim Roth, Christopher Walken and Harvey Keitel.
    Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 20 July 2025

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“Netherworld.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/netherworld. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.

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