go underground
Example Sentences
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Not so good for the screenwriters and true-crime podcasters who trade on our strange fascination with bad guys who go underground and stay there.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 27, 2025
With the Oklahoma City bombing and Timothy McVeigh, many militia movements go underground and become less publicly visible, and focus way less on sheriffs.
From Salon • Sep. 15, 2024
Police sent to the mine have taken a cautious approach and not launched an operation to go underground and confront miners who might be holding others.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 25, 2023
"When you go underground, you don't know what's happening above with the family. I'm often very worried."
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2023
"Because they go underground, and no one can see them. Hey, Sam, you know what? I bet King of Worms is underground right now, maybe right under our feet."
From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry
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