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catacomb

[kat-uh-kohm] / ˈkæt əˌkoʊm /
NOUN
underground tunnel
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Roughly half a million people pass each day through this cramped, dingy catacomb beneath Madison Square Garden.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 22, 2026

Stewart questioned: "Is there no one who can offer a more nuanced analysis of our newly formulated position in this conflict, preferably in some type of catacomb or echoey tunnel?"

From Salon May 10, 2024

The offer was appealing enough to entice a wine connoisseur down to a dank, dungeonlike catacomb — despite his terrible hacking cough — to sample it.

From Seattle Times Sep. 20, 2023

The catacomb studio is stocked with esoteric electronic instruments, some of which shaped the band’s intense, darkly psychedelic new album, “False Lankum.”

From New York Times Mar. 25, 2023

“There’s a whole gang of us down your well, in the catacomb tunnel,” Emma said.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs




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