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abyss

[uh-bis] / əˈbɪs /
NOUN
something very deep, usually a feature of land
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But at some point, you have to stare into the abyss.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026

Not only do we carry the horrors of the universe in our pockets, we spend most of our waking hours gazing into that abyss in the name of staying informed.

From Slate ● Nov. 1, 2026

But I’m blown away by how “It Ends” reaches into the abyss of contemporary living and pulls out something tangible for us to chew on.

From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026

But as the Games approached, nation after nation boycotted and the event faced financial abyss.

From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026

And so, in a shocked silence, the column of the dead began their journey along the edge of the abyss.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman

According to its official website, external, it is "also a cautionary reminder of the abysses of the inhumane Nazi dictatorship".

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

At his debut press conference, he vowed to face down "multitudinous minefields and 30,000-metre abysses" in reforming China.

From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026

And while the play never explicitly explores its underlying theme—that music can help bridge the gaps, or the abysses, that divide people—the deft integration of story and song illuminates it naturally.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026

Ripples of electronic feedback crest into peaks and valleys of stretched echoes, decayed into hollowed abysses.

From New York Times ● Apr. 14, 2022

Instead of resting in the simple-hearted and heroic faith which he loves so much to describe, they may plunge into the abysses of doubt and despair.

From The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion by Robert Turnbull


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