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undercurrent

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as in undertow

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Recent Examples of undercurrent Sandra Lim, The Curious Thing While there is an undercurrent of a breakup throughout this collection, particularly in the third section, what drives this book is a reorientation of the self in the world. — Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026 That’s where an interesting undercurrent emerged in the postgame. — Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026 Regardless of the project, there’s always a political undercurrent. — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2026 Perhaps the actions of England’s peasantry made such a formative impression on young Greengrass that he was unconsciously drawn to other stories with a similar thematic undercurrent. — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for undercurrent

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undertow

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The question that haunts his stories, giving them a pulsing undertow of dread, is whether those things have already happened or not.

— Justin Chang, New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2026
This is a character study of everyone who was caught in the undertow, and a look at all of us — as a civilization, really.

— Kate Aurthur, Variety, 21 Sep. 2026

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