subway
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Metro, operates bus, light rail and subway lines in L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
Previous disruption to subway services during air raids forced her to spend the night in a metro station near the Southern Bridge.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
There was a small pro-Palestinian protest at a subway station near the stadium.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
Her brother-in-law evacuated a subway stop near the Twin Towers and walked over the Brooklyn Bridge as the soles of his shoes melted from the ground heat, she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
These earmuffs have saved me from screechy subway brakes, piercing flutes, gross Noah sounds, trick or treat yells, wishy-washy Deb, and mean Kiki.
From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari
With newly safe streets and subways, New York roared back to life.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
Philadelphia’s World Cup host organization said Monday that it will offer free public transit to fans who are traveling home from Lincoln Financial Field via the state’s Septa system, which operates buses, subways and trains.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 21, 2026
Instead, he insists that subways are public and should be free.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026
As Rahiem said, “Amiri and I were just projecting our voices over the loud subways coming in and out of the stations,” not knowing at first that they’d become famous.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2025
Only now they were outside, and the subways weren’t running anymore.
From "The Dead and the Gone" by Susan Beth Pfeffer
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