dungeon
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"The Forest Temple has always been my favourite Zelda dungeon: a mysterious, haunted mansion in the deep woods, a lost work of man slowly being reclaimed by nature," he said.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026
"The remake really leans into the surreal, uncanny nature of the original dungeon."
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026
The narrator is paranoid, weepy and violent, overwhelmed by visions of his own death, and the bass sounds as if it’s descending to a windowless dungeon.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
In response, the leader of Arioka orders Kanbei be thrown in the castle’s impeccably dingy dungeon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
If, by some miracle, you managed to defeat the lich, you could take his treasure and leave the dungeon.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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She also prayed in a 17th Century chapel that was positioned directly above the dungeons.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
It’s weird to be alive at a time when much of contemporary warfare comprises literal laser beams, flying robots and dungeons full of nerds at computer terminals, but that’s really what’s happening.
From Salon ● Mar. 25, 2026
Long-running series like The Legend of Zelda tout the Hyrule kingdom’s mysteries, rife with dim dungeons and vast wetlands observed from mountaintops.
From New York Times ● Feb. 21, 2024
Harris descended into the dungeons of the facility, toured the cells where enslaved people were kept and walked through the so-called door of no return, choking back tears, her hand over her mouth.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 28, 2023
“C’mon,” Malfoy muttered, and in a moment, all three of them had disappeared into the passageway to the dungeons.
From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling
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