go underground
Example Sentences
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"We're not saying we should not go underground," he insisted.
From Barron's • May 11, 2026
Not so good for the screenwriters and true-crime podcasters who trade on our strange fascination with bad guys who go underground and stay there.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 27, 2025
"Activists are forced into a position where we have to go underground."
From BBC • Apr. 24, 2025
With the Oklahoma City bombing and Timothy McVeigh, many militia movements go underground and become less publicly visible, and focus way less on sheriffs.
From Salon • Sep. 15, 2024
There are many resistance groups, such as Free Netherlands, that forge identity cards, provide financial support to those in hiding, organize hiding places and find work for young Christians who go underground.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
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