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subway

[suhb-wey] / ˈsʌbˌweɪ /
NOUN
underground railroad
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Some sold candy on subway platforms and found jobs on construction sites and in restaurants.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026

In other U.S. cities, subway stations were treated as engineering problems with cosmetic finishes; here, architecture was given equal standing with the technical demands of moving trains.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Raised in Hyderabad in southern India, Mandava was discovered in a New York subway station in 2024.

From BBC • May 9, 2026

No one back then thought it would take 65 years of political battles, funding struggles and worsening motor traffic for the Wilshire subway to actually open.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

But the subway did not collapse, and the skyscrapers didn’t crumble.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland




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