underground
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This was particularly important in connection with underground activities like excavation and extraction, he said, pointing for instance to quakes triggered by disposal of wastewater from the fracking industry in Texas.
From Barron's • May 11, 2026
Meerkats live in underground colonies in southwestern Africa.
From Slate • May 10, 2026
Six days after Noah's disappearance, his body was found in an underground drainage system more than six hundred metres downstream from the culvert inlet which is located behind homes at Northwood Road.
From BBC • May 8, 2026
Mr. Putin is spending “more time in underground bunkers,” the Financial Times reports, and he is taking other security precautions amid Kremlin concerns “over a coup d’état or an assassination attempt, specifically involving drones.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
One dark January morning when it was trying to snow again, Toos burst into underground “headquarters” in Tante Jans’s rear room clutching a letter in her hand.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
Vocabulary lists containing underground
Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Prefixes: under-
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