underbelly

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

The property market remains the soft underbelly of the U.S. economy, and the housing-start data echoed weakness in home-builder confidence earlier in the week.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

The entire underbelly of the Wonder Dome had been transformed into a fluttering flock of birds, soaring across an unbelievably blue sky, swooping through a clay-colored desert landscape.

From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein

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

With creamy white underbellies and an unmistakable crown of shaggy feathers, a Philippine eagle makes a regal impression.

From National Geographic ● Jan. 28, 2021

The clouds that brooded over Knoxville on Thursday looked like 4-8 clouds, and some had dark underbellies, making them clearly 0-8-in-the-Southeastern Conference clouds.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 8, 2017

They reached well over a mile above the ground, nearly high enough to scrape the underbellies of the clouds.

From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2013

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