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underground

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




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Then he reluctantly answers a phone call from his ex-girlfriend as he’s making his way up from underground and she tells him she’s pregnant.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

Inside an underground shelter at a hospital in the Israeli city of Haifa, a television screen flickers with images of Iranian missiles as doctors and midwives deliver Sarah Bird's third child.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

Mexican army divers have rescued a miner from a flooded underground tunnel two weeks after he was first trapped.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

All members of the Satyrex genus are fossorial, meaning they spend their lives underground.

From Science Daily • Apr. 6, 2026

Rabbits would dart out of their underground tunnels.

From "I Survived the Great Alaska Earthquake, 1964" by Lauren Tarshis




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