underbelly
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The internet’s dark underbelly was always there, lurking slightly out of frame behind the firewall.
From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2026
The Kings’ exploration of tech’s litigation underbelly arrives at at a critical moment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
With all the talk of Roth IRAs and loans and promises, it’s too easy to overlook turning this deal over and looking at the underbelly.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
“Showing your underbelly in that kind of environment is very unappealing,” says Panio Gianopoulos, a writer and editor in Westchester County, N.Y.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
They agreed, Hermione a little faintly, and now Harry could see the dragon’s wide yellow underbelly rippling in the surface of the water.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
Oseguera González’s counsel responded by telling jurors they should be skeptical of key witnesses “who have made that deal with the government” — an arrangement that he called “one of the underbellies of criminal justice.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2024
In this cool forest damp is nurtured a fairyland of fungi, aglow in the dank underbellies of logs, nooks and crooks of branches.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 14, 2022
Before Covid, biologists often blew on bats’ faces to get them to stop biting and on their underbellies to confirm their reproductive status.
From New York Times ● Sep. 8, 2021
With creamy white underbellies and an unmistakable crown of shaggy feathers, a Philippine eagle makes a regal impression.
From National Geographic ● Jan. 28, 2021
Thunder grumbled over the ocean and lightning lit the underbellies of the clouds, flashing from sea to sky and back again.
From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi
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