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underground

[uhn-der-graund, uhn-der-graund] / ˈʌn dərˈgraʊnd, ˈʌn dərˌgraʊnd /




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The U.S. stores its emergency crude in vast underground salt caverns along the Gulf Coast.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026

National Highways said the £1bn project remained on track despite minor delays to the A1 underpass, which is now expected to open in August 2027 after unforeseen issues were discovered underground.

From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026

One possible explanation is that gases originating from magma deep underground travel upward through these fractures.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 8, 2026

Many of these samples were deeper underground and in harder to reach parts of the property.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026

He tells her the Filipino underground is sending information about the Japanese to General Douglas MacArthur to help plan the liberation of the Philippines.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

Glasgow and Budapest opened their undergrounds in 1896, as did Paris in 1900, New York in 1904, and Buenos Aires in 1913.

From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022

This semester, Athey is teaching a class on subcultures and undergrounds at USC’s Roski School of Art and Design.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2017

New York’s various undergrounds can make for a disciplined apprenticeship, and Gaga takes pride in her earliest fan base of art, fashion and music students.

From New York Times ● Oct. 17, 2016

But he remained a name known primarily to those whose knowledge of the city’s music was steeped in various undergrounds.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 23, 2015

"I'm never sure where these French undergrounds are going to land me."

From The Triflers by Frederick Orin Bartlett


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