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dungeon

[duhn-juhn] / ˈdʌn dʒən /
NOUN
prison
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At that point, it felt like a dungeon, the inner rooms.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026

The catacombs beneath a crumbling city have cracked wide open, revealing a vast, spiraling dungeon teeming with strange beasts and stranger plants.

From Salon • May 12, 2025

At least two other Texas prisons, the Gib Lewis Unit and the John B. Connally Unit, have their own version of the dungeon.

From Slate • Oct. 20, 2024

Not another cooking game, but instead a new take on a dungeon crawler where you can team up with your friends to survive in a twisted reality show competition.

From BBC • Aug. 21, 2024

The stairs were made of stone, as if leading to a dungeon.

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull




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