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stygian

[stij-ee-uhn] / ˈstɪdʒ i ən /








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Such stygian depths would beat the reigning drilling champion: the 12.2-kilometer Kola Superdeep Borehole drilled by the Soviet Union.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 17, 2024

The novel briefly nods to these more obvious storylines before twisting them, blowing past them, and then digging deeper into the stygian recesses of human nature.

From Salon • May 5, 2020

On Sunday night, Twitter was full of viewers complaining about the show’s cinematography, which has often been dark, but never quite so consistently stygian.

From Slate • Apr. 29, 2019

What makes Planet Nine different is how much more we now know about the outer solar system—a vast and stygian abyss in which hiding a planet is still possible, although getting harder all the time.

From Scientific American • Mar. 22, 2018

It was black beyond the doors, a sullen stygian darkness that seemed alive and threatening, hungry.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin




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