underbelly
Example Sentences
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The clue is in the title - US crime noir writer Jordan Harper is back with his latest thriller as he returns to his regular hunting ground, the seedy underbelly of LA.
From BBC • Dec. 24, 2025
He produces his own short-form videos, feeding an internet audience hungry for unfiltered views of L.A.’s underbelly.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 3, 2025
The cloak of invincibility that Liverpool carried last season has been replaced by a soft - very soft - underbelly.
From BBC • Nov. 22, 2025
But those earnings have an ugly underbelly: ever-bigger losses at the generative AI startups that spend big on chips and data centers supplied by the profitable public companies.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 13, 2025
The pale underbelly followed, its ridged skin stretching and loosening as its gigantic muscles strained in movement.
From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
