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dungeon

[duhn-juhn] / ˈdʌn dʒən /
NOUN
prison
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In “Twenty-Sided Tavern,” there are three core actors playing and acting out the game, one dungeon master and a sort of tavern keeper helping to keep score and track of the story.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2025

The dungeon is full of weird, pulsing, half-sentient creatures — more slime than steak.

From Salon • May 12, 2025

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

From Slate • Oct. 20, 2024

Not another cooking game, but instead a new take on a dungeon crawler where you can team up with your friends to survive in a twisted reality show competition.

From BBC • Aug. 21, 2024

She wasn’t about to go grave-robbing a poor skeleton who had been left in a dungeon.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack