underbelly

Example Sentences

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“There’s a real underbelly of this vintage game with rag houses getting access to bulk product overseas and letting people sort through it,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

It also exposed the AI boom’s underbelly: the grubby sidedeals, financial anxieties, short tempers and personal vendettas that have shaped modern technology every bit as much as the march toward machine consciousness.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

Everything points back in the direction of Angel Studios — or, really, the underbelly beneath it.

From Salon • May 3, 2026

Maybe it was the underbelly of all of the bravado and power-seeking—some desire to counter all the validation with the humiliation of knowing that, deep down, he’s just a revolting little worm.

From Slate • Apr. 15, 2026

On the underbelly of the Argo II, the glass bay doors split open.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan