subway
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Truelove told her he preferred living in a subway tunnel to being on the street, because people didn’t bother him down there.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
Some New Yorkers wait years to get a near-minimum-pay job as a subway cleaner.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
"I get on the subway with my big bag and go home with my cheap groceries. I mean, I'm so happy. This is amazing," Porter said.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
A subway car is supposed to be one of society’s great equalizers.
From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2026
The first time my parents took me to the Boston Public Library, I was four and crying from subway screeches, trucks, car horns, loud-talking people, wind blasting around skyscrapers.
From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari
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The first downtown stretch opened in March 1976 after more than a decade of planning, in an era when American cities were not exactly betting on subways.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 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
Admittedly, the underlying facts are quite different: After a brief pandemic spike, crime rates in New York have returned to near-historic lows, and violence in the subways is exceptionally rare.
From Salon ● May 25, 2025
He couldn’t even be sure the subways were running in a blackout.
From "The Dead and the Gone" by Susan Beth Pfeffer
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