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underground railroad

noun as in secret cooperative network

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Robotaxis are set to become the newest cog in a centuries-old transport machine that includes many services that were groundbreaking in their day, such as the world’s first underground railroad and its first regulated taxi service.

Benicio del Toro plays Sensei Sergio St. Carlos, Willa’s karate teacher running something of an underground railroad for the town’s refugee population.

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The United States National Park Service began scrubbing its exhibits about Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad, but public pressure reversed that erasure.

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Written by and starring Brian Quijada and Nygel D. Robinson, “Mexodus” explores the little known history of the Underground Railroad to Mexico.

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And as I understand it, you had previously worked with Barry Jenkins on “The Underground Railroad” —

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