underbelly

Example Sentences

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It also exposed the AI boom’s underbelly: the grubby sidedeals, financial anxieties, short tempers and personal vendettas that have shaped modern technology every bit as much as the march toward machine consciousness.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

Everything points back in the direction of Angel Studios — or, really, the underbelly beneath it.

From Salon • May 3, 2026

According to the DC description, “Clayface” will see Hagen transformed into a “revenge-filled monster” and explore “the loss of one’s identity and humanity, corrosive love, and the dark underbelly of scientific ambition.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

Maybe it was the underbelly of all of the bravado and power-seeking—some desire to counter all the validation with the humiliation of knowing that, deep down, he’s just a revolting little worm.

From Slate • Apr. 15, 2026

Same for running across a member of my shul, although I doubted any of them planned to spend their evening in Chicago’s decadent underbelly.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros