subway
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As I’m dragging my suitcase down the subway stairs at midnight to switch apartments, I think, “This was a stupid plan.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026
There are subway trains decked out in national team colours.
From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026
My husband and I set an alarm, then hopped on the subway in Brooklyn at 7:20 a.m.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
During my latest trip to Asia, I played this on my headphones on repeat while I rode the subway . . . and haven’t stopped listening since.
From Salon • Jun. 5, 2026
“Mr. Nelson is super-duper crabby,” Laney reported, thinking about the guy who manned the booth at their local subway station.
From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser
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