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subway

[suhb-wey] / ˈsʌbˌweɪ /
NOUN
underground railroad
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The neighborhood is close to downtown and Johns Hopkins Hospital, where Miller works, and to subway, light-rail and train stations.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 2026

Provincial capital Hangzhou resumed subway services on Monday morning, after halting some train operations on Sunday.

From Barron's Aug. 10, 2026

After her Ivy League acceptance, which came with a generous financial-aid package, she and her family went to Boston and spent a day riding the subway just for fun.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

Truelove told her he preferred living in a subway tunnel to being on the street, because people didn’t bother him down there.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2026

Feeling humiliated, Bobby burst out of the club in tears and ran to the subway.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

The first downtown stretch opened in March 1976 after more than a decade of planning, in an era when American cities were not exactly betting on subways.

From The Wall Street Journal May 22, 2026

What sets robotaxis apart is the privacy it offers that can’t be found on crowded subways or even in a traditional taxicab.

From MarketWatch Dec. 24, 2025

The Taylors began performing impromptu shows in New York City subways and became international sensations in 2018 when a video of them playing “Eight Days a Week” went viral.

From Salon Sep. 11, 2025

Money raised from the tolls would help bolster funds for its aging subways, which have garnered headlines over the years for massive underground floods during heavy rains.

From BBC Feb. 19, 2025

Alex hadn’t thought about people being on the subways when the flooding first began.

From "The Dead and the Gone" by Susan Beth Pfeffer




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