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subway

[suhb-wey] / ˈsʌbˌweɪ /
NOUN
underground railroad
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Is the man preaching salvation on the subway a predator?

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

The roads climb and twist around steep hillsides, while the subway trundles underneath and then through layers of buildings.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

Once more, Sixers home games sounded like they were happening on the NYC subway.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

The B Line, a subway that runs from downtown to the San Fernando Valley, recorded comparable ridership to the A Line last year, with almost 16 million weekday riders a year.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026

Today, it’s the posters plastered on the dingy tile walls of the subway station at 135th and St. Nicholas.

From "Watch Us Rise" by Renée Watson and Ellen Hagan




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