underbelly

Example Sentences

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In fact, more is known about the surface of some planets in our Solar System than much of Antarctica's "underbelly" – the topography beneath the ice sheet.

From BBC • Jan. 15, 2026

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

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

In The Modern World tackles the disillusionment of getting to Hollywood and discovering its seedy underbelly.

From BBC • Sep. 10, 2025

Behind me, the black underbelly of the bridge hovered, a monstrous vulture swooping thirty feet overhead.

From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith