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abyss

[uh-bis] / əˈbɪs /
NOUN
something very deep, usually a feature of land
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But as the Games approached, nation after nation boycotted and the event faced financial abyss.

From BBC • Jun. 24, 2026

So it is worth taking a moment to stare into the abyss and think through what the world—and your investment portfolio—might look like if the strait still isn’t open by Labor Day or by Christmas.

From Barron's • May 1, 2026

Elsewhere, “Navalny” filmmaker Daniel Roher also tries to look at the bright side in his latest, “The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist,” but only after gazing into the abyss.

From Salon • Mar. 26, 2026

But instead of getting devoured by the abyss, he says over Zoom, he honed in on making something “unknown.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2026

I knew my parents respected other people's beliefs, but they also considered religion a way to comfort oneself from the inevitable: the eternal abyss of nothingness, obviously.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi




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