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underpass

[uhn-der-pas, -pahs] / ˈʌn dərˌpæs, -ˌpɑs /




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Around the station, people who are still waiting for trains hurry to a pedestrian underpass that doubles as a shelter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

Videos shared on social media showed partially submerged cars and rescue workers attempting to reach a vehicle trapped in a heavily flooded underpass.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

Videos circulating on social media showed police vans escorting a bar association vehicle carrying Mazari to court before it was stopped at an underpass, where masked security officials prevented journalists from filming the arrest.

From Barron's ● Jan. 24, 2026

Two months later, signs appeared stating rowing through another nearby underpass prone to flooding was prohibited.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2025

This morning, as I walked past the blackened tunnel mouth, the entrance to the underpass, my pace quickened.

From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins




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