subterranean
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Perhaps deep in the movie’s own subterranean basement of ideas, “Hokum” is a modern take on Ebenezer Scrooge’s night terrors, only I wouldn’t put much stock in Scott’s malcontent turning his life around.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026
There were root nematodes, launching a subterranean attack.
From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026
Halting the pressurized flow in mature reservoirs disrupts a delicate subterranean system, allowing water to flood the wellbore and heavy sediments to clog rock pores.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
Operating theatres, intensive care units and even maternity wards have been relocated to protected subterranean spaces.
From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026
“It is still perfectly possible that it is all caused by subterranean waters.”
From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson
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Latin Root "sub" Words
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