chthonic
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These were the days of $5 minimums, which meant that my stack of chips would be bled away gracefully, deep into the chthonic night.
From Slate ● Nov. 18, 2025
People who aren’t familiar with chthonic myths might want to do some research before reading.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2025
The karst lands are so embedded in our cultural sense of place, we’ve got our own map of chthonic legends.
From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2023
The resulting sound is simultaneously twangy and chthonic.
From New York Times ● Dec. 13, 2022
Nor was it an old city with obscure origins draped in chthonic myth, like Athens or Thebes.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
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