straphanger

Example Sentences

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The incident is a bit of good news related to the city's subway system amid a series of attacks on straphangers.

From Fox News

The move comes after a series of attacks on straphangers taking the underground transit.

From Fox News

One straphanger was robbed at gunpoint and two others socked in the face early Sunday morning in another round of public transit violence, according to law enforcement sources.

From Fox News

Lopez – dubbed the "A-Train Ripper" by the New York Post – is accused of fatally stabbing a man and a woman and wounding two other straphangers over the course of only hours.

From Fox News

Neighbors volunteered to escort straphangers walking to and from area subway stations at night.

From New York Times