underground
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Inside an underground shelter at a hospital in the Israeli city of Haifa, a television screen flickers with images of Iranian missiles as doctors and midwives deliver Sarah Bird's third child.
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
That includes using drones for tasks that once would have required sending a soldier to the danger zone, having troops hunker down in underground bunkers, and increasing efforts to evade detection.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026
All members of the Satyrex genus are fossorial, meaning they spend their lives underground.
From Science Daily • Apr. 6, 2026
"Because they go underground, and no one can see them. Hey, Sam, you know what? I bet King of Worms is underground right now, maybe right under our feet."
From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry
Vocabulary lists containing underground
Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Prefixes: under-
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