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subway

[suhb-wey] / ˈsʌbˌweɪ /
NOUN
underground railroad
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He had to get used to living in a big city again, where strangers pressed up against him on a crowded subway.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

Is the man preaching salvation on the subway a predator?

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

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

From BBC • May 9, 2026

Ore-Giron has long viewed the subway as a “magical portal.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026

At about midnight every night, she’d appear at the club and almost have to drag him back to Brooklyn, the pair taking the one-hour subway ride home together.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady




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