abyss

But I’m blown away by how “It Ends” reaches into the abyss of contemporary living and pulls out something tangible for us to chew on.

From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026

But as the Games approached, nation after nation boycotted and the event faced financial abyss.

From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026

Where “Berlin 1936” tracks the count of Olympic medals to measure the tide of German triumph, “Summer of Freedom” offers more striking data to capture a defeated Germany’s return from the abyss.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026

This whole Western Conference semifinal series against these defending champions has been a lose-lose proposition for the Lakers, who are now down 3-0 and staring into the elimination abyss in Game 4 on Monday.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 10, 2026

She told Mary about the abyss, and about how she herself had found out.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman

At his debut press conference, he vowed to face down "multitudinous minefields and 30,000-metre abysses" in reforming China.

From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026

And while the play never explicitly explores its underlying theme—that music can help bridge the gaps, or the abysses, that divide people—the deft integration of story and song illuminates it naturally.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026

Parker and company don’t rush into any flaming abysses.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2021

The road hugged the high slopes, sometimes obscured in cloud, in sunny places allowing glimpses into lush valleys below, so deep they seemed like abysses.

From New York Times ● Sep. 23, 2019

As we recede from the land the rate of deposition of sediment on the sea-floor must become feebler, until, in the remote central abysses, it reaches a hardly appreciable minimum.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various