underground

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Then it would need to be mechanically excavated from deep underground in the middle of hostile territory and could weigh 1,000 pounds.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026

Another location for oil exports, Qeshm hosts a naval station and missiles in underground tunnels.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

Kone does much of its research underground in Lohja, Finland, in a facility sunk deep into a working limestone mine that lets engineers test travel distances of more than three football fields.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

By the end of the pilot, we reveal they are underground.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

For months, special British units had been secretly digging tunnels under the German positions, leading to nineteen underground chambers packed with a million pounds of explosives.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman