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underground

[uhn-der-ground, uhn-der-ground] / ˈʌn dərˈgraʊnd, ˈʌn dərˌgraʊnd /




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Then he reluctantly answers a phone call from his ex-girlfriend as he’s making his way up from underground and she tells him she’s pregnant.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

Within hours of the initial strikes on Iran, major hospitals across Israel shifted to maximum emergency readiness, moving patients and critical departments underground.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

Mexican army divers have rescued a miner from a flooded underground tunnel two weeks after he was first trapped.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

All members of the Satyrex genus are fossorial, meaning they spend their lives underground.

From Science Daily • Apr. 6, 2026

In fact the only underground address we had at the moment was the home of a woman named De Boer, not four blocks from the Beje.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom




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