underworld
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Capp notes, "Even in London's seedy underworld, a hat felt essential."
From Science Daily • May 7, 2026
Dhurandhar: The Revenge picks up from that cliffhanger, deepening a long-running Indian intelligence operation inside Karachi's criminal and political underworld.
From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026
The country has a sprawling underworld of clandestine artisanal miners.
From Barron's • Feb. 16, 2026
But there is a serious hurdle: U.S. prosecutors have viewed López Serrano as too valuable a source on the Mexican underworld to ship him back south, according to Mexico’s former Atty.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2026
Once you’ve visited the underworld, you never forget the way back.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
Vocabulary lists containing underworld
Reading: Literature - Mythology - Introductory
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Reading: Literature - Mythology - Middle School
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Ancient Greece: Mythology and Literature - Middle School
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