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underground

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




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If large underground spaces are confirmed, they could offer an important advantage for future human exploration.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

But multiple times a year Trans*cendent takes over locations around L.A. creating one of the only underground raves curated by and for trans women and their allies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

The North Mara mine, which has both open-pit and underground operations, sits near Tanzania’s border with Kenya, a short drive from the famous wildlife of the Maasai Mara and Serengeti National Park.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

On a later visit to the busy station, we found passengers waiting outside the main entrance or sheltering in underground passageways.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

The fire even burned underground, through the roots.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz

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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