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The underland is where human beings investigate dark matter and bury our nuclear waste, where we have imagined the kingdom of the dead and painted our first works of art.

From Slate • Dec. 3, 2019

I mostly listen, relaxing after the day’s exertions, pinching myself at the wondrously weird subcultures of this underland, reflecting on the bizarre cultural recyclings that it calls out.

From The New Yorker • May 23, 2019

Much of Paris was built from its own underland, hewn block by block from the bedrock and hauled up for dressing and placing.

From The New Yorker • May 23, 2019

Deliberately to place something in the underland is often a strategy to shield it from view.

From The Guardian • Apr. 20, 2019

"I underland," said Diana; "I would not bweak my word; that would be mean."

From A Little Mother to the Others by Meade, L. T.