abyss

But I’m blown away by how “It Ends” reaches into the abyss of contemporary living and pulls out something tangible for us to chew on.

From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026

All told, the Red Sox are a major league-best 19-2 since June 25, propelling them from the abyss and into a wild-card spot.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

"Each new format seems to bring us closer and closer to that abyss."

From BBC ● May 22, 2026

This whole Western Conference semifinal series against these defending champions has been a lose-lose proposition for the Lakers, who are now down 3-0 and staring into the elimination abyss in Game 4 on Monday.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 10, 2026

As Jefferson put it so graphically, their larger goal was “to sink federalism into an abyss from which there shall be no resurrection of it.”

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

At his debut press conference, he vowed to face down "multitudinous minefields and 30,000-metre abysses" in reforming China.

From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026

And while the play never explicitly explores its underlying theme—that music can help bridge the gaps, or the abysses, that divide people—the deft integration of story and song illuminates it naturally.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026

After all the abysses we’ve looked into over the course of the book, that’s not much of a blueprint for optimism.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2023

The road hugged the high slopes, sometimes obscured in cloud, in sunny places allowing glimpses into lush valleys below, so deep they seemed like abysses.

From New York Times ● Sep. 23, 2019

Here there were ledges hanging in mid-air; there flying bridges across abysses; elsewhere paths cut with the chisel, or footings to climb by.”

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" by Various