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subway

[suhb-way] / ˈsʌbˌweɪ /
NOUN
underground railroad
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It was walking distance from the subway and had a lovely if nonfunctional fireplace, and when the baby bunnies nested in our herb garden, I thought, Yes.

From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026

If you want to hang with your pals, then coordinate a post-show meet-up at the bar or the diner or on the way to the subway.

From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2026

Bass voted with the Metro board majority earlier this year to approve the multibillion-dollar Sepulveda Transit Corridor project, which will connect the Westside to the San Fernando Valley by subway.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

I was taught to be polite, worry about others, hold doors, give up subway seats.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

“I can’t exactly catch the subway, can I?”

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

And it’s all being experienced with little to no air conditioning, from schools to subways to hospitals to homes, making daily life a sweltering burden.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

With newly safe streets and subways, New York roared back to life.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026

Longtime critics of subways used the explosion to stoke community fears that tunneling would lead to exploding homes.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2026

What sets robotaxis apart is the privacy it offers that can’t be found on crowded subways or even in a traditional taxicab.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 24, 2025

And so, on our way to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, I taught Calista everything there was to know about New York—the streets and the avenues, express subways, bus stops.

From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff


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