underworld

A yellow banner down the block announced an upcoming ceremony, when the gates of the underworld are said to open and the living burn offerings for the wandering dead.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026

Asmodeus’s pursuit sets off a picaresque journey through the Santo Domingo underworld.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

But as the Lord of Darkness, the massively built ruler of the underworld in Ridley Scott’s underappreciated fantasy, Curry embodied a paradox.

From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026

The post-apocalyptic, jazzy New Orleans-style “Hadestown,” written by Anaïs Mitchell, is a mythical love story that follows young lovers Orpheus and Eurydice and the rulers of the underworld, Hades and Persephone.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026

I began to fear that she had joined her father at his unsavory trade and disappeared into the city's underworld, in which case we might despair of ever seeing her again.

From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood

“This latest action marks a significant escalation in the partnership between the cyber underworlds of these two nations,” Chainalysis said on its blog.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 18, 2023

Globally, assorted gods have patrolled assorted underworlds for millennia, with death as their gloomy guard duty.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2022

The “Uncut Gems” creators, Josh and Benny Safdie, are known for their merciless filmmaking style, made up of seedy underworlds and populated with first-time actors cast off the street.

From New York Times ● Nov. 27, 2019

Ancient heroes who wished to grasp the truth of things had to pass through underworlds, or dwell in caves; sometimes, like Oedipus, they could see clearly only once they had been blinded.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 15, 2018

We, out front, all have our little underworlds in which we live sometimes while music plays and beautiful things come to our eyes.

From A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago by Ben Hecht