underground
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"We once lived in a house above ground, where you could see the world. But today, we live in an underground cave that resembles a grave," Emar said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
They have argued that relying solely on putting cables underground is prohibitively expensive and disruptive.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
On his return to Kosovo, he earned the nom de guerre "Snake" as he helped build an underground guerrilla army, the KLA, to fight for independence from the forces of Serbian strongman Slobodan Milosevic.
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
Regulators are trying to come to grips with this underground system.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
Surely they are not planning to place the obelisk underground.
From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman
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Glasgow and Budapest opened their undergrounds in 1896, as did Paris in 1900, New York in 1904, and Buenos Aires in 1913.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
This semester, Athey is teaching a class on subcultures and undergrounds at USC’s Roski School of Art and Design.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2017
Joining her in conversation is Luc Sante, a critic known for his journalistic exploration of urban undergrounds; his most recent book, “The Other Paris,” gives similar treatment to the City of Light.
From New York Times ● Jan. 21, 2016
But he remained a name known primarily to those whose knowledge of the city’s music was steeped in various undergrounds.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 23, 2015
"I'm never sure where these French undergrounds are going to land me."
From The Triflers by Frederick Orin Bartlett
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Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Prefixes: under-
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