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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 dungeon is full of weird, pulsing, half-sentient creatures — more slime than steak.

From Salon • May 12, 2025

The closer we got to the dungeon, the more the administration building deteriorated.

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

Ludovico Sforza, the patron of the lavish Milanese Renaissance, would die, half-mad, in a French dungeon.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day




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