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underground

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




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Also included are the sites of underground gas storage facilities, refineries, fuel terminals, legacy pollution sites, active industrial sites, landfills, dumps and recycling centers.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

According to a CNN report on Sunday, satellite images show that Iran has unblocked 50 out of the 69 tunnel entrances bombed by the US and Israel at 18 underground missile facilities.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

When he’s working on a new movie, she says, “he’ll ‘Beautiful Mind’ it, these weird Post-its everywhere, and then he’ll go underground for a week and write a near-perfect draft.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

The night before Fort's April launch, a pair of entrepreneurs appeared on US reality TV programme Shark Tank to pitch their own unique solution: HiberTec Homes, built on hydraulics that can disappear underground in minutes.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

During the French Revolution, royal family members and aristocrats went underground to escape the Reign of Terror.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti




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