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a social sphere that exists outside of the mainstream
a magazine article taking an insightful look at the underworld inhabited by street people
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Recent Examples of underworld
Shot in Japanese and English across Tokyo and Singapore, the series stars Anna Yamada and Shawn Thia as gamers caught in Tokyo’s criminal underworld of scams and trafficking.
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 3 Oct. 2025
The gritty drama set in the Birmingham criminal underworld will continue after its upcoming feature film with a series centered on a new generation of Shelbys.
—Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Oct. 2025
Bruno himself is preëxistingly missing, having vanished some years earlier, when things started getting uncomfortably hot in the cheese underworld.
—Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
In the shadowy underworld of soil, tiny plastic particles are lurking like molecular saboteurs.
—Pranjal Malewar, New Atlas, 19 Sep. 2025
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 3 Oct. 2025
The gritty drama set in the Birmingham criminal underworld will continue after its upcoming feature film with a series centered on a new generation of Shelbys.
—Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Oct. 2025
Bruno himself is preëxistingly missing, having vanished some years earlier, when things started getting uncomfortably hot in the cheese underworld.
—Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
In the shadowy underworld of soil, tiny plastic particles are lurking like molecular saboteurs.
—Pranjal Malewar, New Atlas, 19 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for underworld
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Vacherot had the chance to send Djokovic deeper into the abyss in the opening game of the second set, which lasted 14 points and was too much, too soon for Djokovic’s treatment to have kicked in.—
James Hansen,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2025
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These fishes also really highlight the diversity of snailfishes in the abyss.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
19 Sep. 2025
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Nicole finds herself in an all too familiar place for those who have experienced the early phase of young-onset neurological disease, a netherworld between acceptance and denial.—
Gus Alexiou,
Forbes.com,
28 July 2025
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The other two-thirds are on a scale of anxiously hopeful to beyond desperate -- an amorphous netherworld of doubt that, yes, includes the Miami Dolphins with Tua Tagovailoa, or should.—
Greg Cote,
Miami Herald,
3 Apr. 2025
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Reports suggest that with new technologies enabling access to heat at depths beyond 26,000 feet, the world’s geothermal potential could reach nearly 600 terawatts of capacity.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Oct. 2025
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The Philippines alone experienced over two dozen aftershocks, many clustered around Santiago, Baculin, Manay, and San Ignacio, with depths ranging from 10 to over 80 kilometers.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
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One thing was certain: Per its title, it was set in the demimonde of the galaxy far, far away, among its scoundrels, and smugglers, and bounty hunters and assorted other criminals.—
Christian Blauvelt,
IndieWire,
12 Mar. 2025
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The gumshoe’s exploits, punctuated with suspense, dark comedy and a motley cast unique to the demimonde of the Mexican capital, have been made into films and a Netflix series and translated into English and other languages.—
Patrick J. McDonnell,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Jan. 2025
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“Underworld.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underworld. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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