underworld
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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
Ryan James Wedding, known in Mexican underworld circles as “Thor,” was on the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s 10 Most Wanted Fugitives list with a $15 million bounty on his head.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026
He drank tall glasses of orange juice in seedy dives as he infiltrated an underworld of bank-robbing clowns and bird-obsessed mobsters.
From Salon • Jan. 23, 2026
They looked to me like guardians to the underworld.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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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