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abyss

[uh-bis] / əˈbɪs /
NOUN
something very deep, usually a feature of land
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"Each new format seems to bring us closer and closer to that abyss."

From BBC May 22, 2026

Under Tan, Intel has done that and is inching its way out of the abyss.

From Barron's Apr. 24, 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

And, as they stare into the abyss, one detail of the standings has made this season even worse than Tottenham could have ever imagined.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 14, 2026

At. first, intoxicated by the glory of his return, by his remarkable victories, he had peeped into the abyss of greatness.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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

After all the abysses we’ve looked into over the course of the book, that’s not much of a blueprint for optimism.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 9, 2023

The land shelved steeply from the shore, and after we swam out only a short way, huge dark blue depths would begin to reveal themselves below, abysses of rock and darkness.

From New York Times Apr. 19, 2022

Liberal education says that the world isn't flat; it has abysses that open suddenly, and you have to have a language and ability to cope with that.

From Salon May 27, 2019

The latter rise abruptly from the oceanic abysses.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various




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