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dungeons

NOUN
prison
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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

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

When Breath of the Wild was released in 2017, it rescued The Legend of Zelda, a video game franchise growing stale because of a predictable gameplay loop of dungeons and fetch quests.

From New York Times • May 12, 2023

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

A delicious smell of food was wafting from the Great Hall, but Snape led them away from the warmth and light, down a narrow stone staircase that led into the dungeons.

From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling



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