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dungeon

[duhn-juhn] / ˈdʌn dʒən /
NOUN
prison
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It’s a gauntlet made thornier whenever Murashige, who believes in mercy over violence, engages with Kanbei, chained in a dungeon but with a dangerous mind nonetheless.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 30, 2026

Today, dragons and dungeon crawls are common entertainments.

From Salon Jun. 24, 2026

At that point, it felt like a dungeon, the inner rooms.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 21, 2026

Through luck, Sam and Mike narrowly avoided placement in the dungeon as the unit had no capacity.

From Slate Oct. 20, 2024

I reached the last level of the dungeon around four o’clock in the morning and faced off against the Evil Wizard of Daggorath.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

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

Missions include navigating dungeons, solving puzzles and taking on an array of enemies.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 16, 2025

Mr Hamaguchi says the developers want the open world to work as "one single space" with "all of the towns, all of the dungeons and everything linked together seamlessly in one space".

From BBC Sep. 21, 2023

Classic dungeons return in the form of multilayered temples with interlocking puzzles.

From New York Times May 12, 2023

There were no castles, dungeons, or orbiting space fortresses for my avatar to raid.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline




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