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underground

[uhn-der-ground, uhn-der-ground] / ˈʌn dərˈgraʊnd, ˈʌn dərˌgraʊnd /




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An underground shelter has also been set up for parliament.

From Barron's Aug. 31, 2026

The ballroom is projected to cost more than $400 million, excluding the undisclosed cost of underground security upgrades.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 31, 2026

But on Friday evening, the president announced an agreement that will give the U.S. government and a private company access to a portion of the country’s underground oil reserves.

From Slate Aug. 31, 2026

We do have access to natural reservoirs - underground stores of water called aquifers.

From BBC Aug. 29, 2026

They both knew that there were yellow birds and fairies in Leigh the Bard’s underground home.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

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

Joining her in conversation is Luc Sante, a critic known for his journalistic exploration of urban undergrounds; his most recent book, “The Other Paris,” gives similar treatment to the City of Light.

From New York Times Jan. 21, 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

In the darkness, where at first, after so much sunlight, the little electric lamps seem to us scarcely more than glow-worms, we expected a certain amount of chilliness as in the undergrounds of our climate.

From Egypt (La Mort de Philae) by William Peter Baines




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