underground
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“After a direct hit, the concrete structure of the underground center collapsed,” said Mykhailo Semikin, the governor of Zaporizhzhia region.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
The region has 15 underground hospitals, with 11 more under construction.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
The leachate is byproduct of an underground garbage fire that has only spread since it was first confirmed in 2023.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
Though civilian life in the city never stopped, Bohackova said, it also carried on under the conditions of an active battlefield, with schools, theatres, kindergartens and hospitals moved underground.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
The doors snap shut, and with no warning, the elevator violently lurches deeper underground.
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
Glasgow and Budapest opened their undergrounds in 1896, as did Paris in 1900, New York in 1904, and Buenos Aires in 1913.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
This semester, Athey is teaching a class on subcultures and undergrounds at USC’s Roski School of Art and Design.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2017
New York’s various undergrounds can make for a disciplined apprenticeship, and Gaga takes pride in her earliest fan base of art, fashion and music students.
From New York Times ● Oct. 17, 2016
But he remained a name known primarily to those whose knowledge of the city’s music was steeped in various undergrounds.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 23, 2015
"I'm never sure where these French undergrounds are going to land me."
From The Triflers by Frederick Orin Bartlett
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Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Prefixes: under-
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