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subway

noun as in underground railroad

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“It opened with a subway shot and when the screen went dark, she had a black light that showed up all the graffiti and I was like, ‘Who is this?

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Her eldest daughter was robbed twice in the last three months, she said—in the subway by a man with a knife and by an armed gang in the shopping mall.

In Tokyo, about 180 miles from the epicenter, journalist David McNeill was in a subway station when the earthquake struck.

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A subway fare increase triggered protests through the capital and then the country.

But Broadway loses its luster if the streets and subways feel dangerous, and it’s an open question how much Mr. Mamdani will handcuff the New York Police Department.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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