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abyss

noun as in something very deep, usually a feature of land

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“We are marching towards a political, economic, and social abyss that will endanger our existence in Israel.”

In virtually every case, they are sinking in the polls and facing incoming fire from all directions, and now seem to hang by a thread over a dark electoral abyss.

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“My path was through crisis. It’s the only time when you connect with your essence. I just want to grow. So that’s why I jump into the abyss.”

Then one day, as I sat down, the seat broke, and my fleshy cheek seemed to have plunged into the abyss.

The distance between what is said and what is known to be true has become an abyss.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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