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a dark underground space in a castle used for keeping prisoners
The king threw them into the dungeon.
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Recent Examples of dungeon
This year's 16th century throwback includes a fire whip show, a pun dungeon, chivalry lessons and beer tastings.
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Tasha Tsiaperas, Axios, 3 Apr. 2025
The Jane's Addiction musician and the actress hosted a multi-day celebration featuring a forest ceremony, dungeon dancing and a bonfire on the beach
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Dave Navarro has hit a new high note in life!
—Erin Clack, People.com, 30 Mar. 2025
The next look leaves the dungeon behind for a more wistful trip into some witchy woods.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 8 June 2025
Players delve into dungeons and collect loot and sell those items in their shop in order to obtain better gear.
—Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 6 June 2025
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Tasha Tsiaperas, Axios, 3 Apr. 2025
The Jane's Addiction musician and the actress hosted a multi-day celebration featuring a forest ceremony, dungeon dancing and a bonfire on the beach
74 Comments
Dave Navarro has hit a new high note in life!
—Erin Clack, People.com, 30 Mar. 2025
The next look leaves the dungeon behind for a more wistful trip into some witchy woods.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 8 June 2025
Players delve into dungeons and collect loot and sell those items in their shop in order to obtain better gear.
—Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 6 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dungeon
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In an interview with NBC News, Noem pushed back on criticisms of the site’s conditions, insisting the facility exceeds federal standards and disputing characterizations of it as a jail.—
Yezen Saadah,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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As reported in 5280, Richard served 30 days in jail and 60 nights of work release.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
15 July 2025
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Between 2020 and 2023, 529 people died in general population Tennessee prisons, excluding 162 deaths that occurred in a medical unit prison.—
Melissa Brown,
The Tennessean,
15 July 2025
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What To Know According to an anonymous source speaking to the Daily Mail, Maxwell, who was convicted in 2022 over her links to Epstein's illicit activities and is serving a 20-year prison sentence, has expressed a willingness to testify before Congress about her experiences.—
Kate Plummer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 July 2025
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Multiple animals were also found in cages inside the home, malnourished and living in their own feces, police said.—
Jennifer Rodriguez,
Kansas City Star,
23 July 2025
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No human being should be kept in a steaming hot cage with countless other inmates while deprived of proper sanitation and medical care.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
21 July 2025
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Even if one of the arriving Republic cruisers is probably about to scoop him up and throw him into a proper brig.—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
14 Jan. 2025
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Meanwhile, any question that Jod and Captain Silvo (the pirate whose crew mutinied in the series premiere) are one and the same was dismissed, when Brutus and his crew spoke of how Silvo had escaped the brig before facing a trial.—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
10 Dec. 2024
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As the convoy approached, the surrounding crowd came under fire from Israeli tanks, snipers and other gunfire, WFP said.—
Callum Sutherland,
Time,
21 July 2025
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To fill a 15-gallon tank, that works out to be about $47.—
Frank Witsil,
Freep.com,
21 July 2025
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But local officials and historians have questioned the practical and symbolic implications of converting the island back into a penitentiary.—
Kate Talerico,
Mercury News,
17 July 2025
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Her various occupations, paid and unpaid, included teaching convicts at an area penitentiary and substitute-teaching in junior high.—
Inga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 June 2025
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Tending to chickens means daily routines: feeding, watering, checking for eggs, and keeping the coop clean.—
Lauren Thomann,
Better Homes & Gardens,
14 July 2025
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Complete with a chicken coop, apple orchard, two swimming pools, a wellness center, bicycles for hire, and nearby hiking trails, there’s plenty to do here.—
Wendy Altschuler,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
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“Dungeon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dungeon. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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