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subway

[suhb-wey] / ˈsʌbˌweɪ /
NOUN
underground railroad
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The incident occurred at one of the nation's busiest rail and subway transportation centers as the city prepares for two huge sporting spectacles in the coming week: basketball's NBA Finals and football's World Cup tournament.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

That as difficult as New York and Philadelphia are, with their towering housing projects and subway systems and social strata, those structures also protect human beings from the elements.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 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

Moscow’s subway was built to function as a bomb shelter.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

He hid it inside the hollow nickel he’d made, put the coin in one of his dead-drop locations, and marked the subway station wall with chalk.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin




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