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
Operating theatres, intensive care units and even maternity wards have been relocated to protected subterranean spaces.
From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026
Engineers with excavating equipment would be needed to dig through the tons of debris blocking entrances to Iran’s subterranean nuclear complexes and check for mines and booby traps.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026
The Uzumark wasn’t a single, massive subterranean channel, but an intricate network of waterways that carved their way through the valley bedrock.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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Latin Root "sub" Words
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