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subway

noun

Definition of subway

as in tunnel

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Recent Examples of subway Blakeman rode the subway on Monday, and, following the weekend fatal shooting inside a station in Manhattan, took Hochul to task on subway crime. — Marcia Kramer, CBS News, 19 Oct. 2026 The writer-producer set his Beauty and the Beast in a fantastical subway world beneath New York City, with Hamilton portraying an assistant district attorney and Perlman the mythic, noble man-beast. — Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 19 Oct. 2026 Yellow police tape blocked the entrance to the Seventh Avenue subway station Saturday afternoon. — Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 17 Oct. 2026 Many called for the hiring of additional school officials focused on immigrant students and investing in resources to escort young people to and from school and subway or bus stops. — Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 17 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for subway

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Lisa meets her Other Mother and Other Father after wandering through a secret tunnel.

— Joshua Kurp, Vulture, 26 Oct. 2026
Israel launched a ground invasion following an extensive aerial bombardment of Hamas’s military infrastructure, including its vast network of subterranean tunnels.

— Eric Cortellessa, Time, 25 Oct. 2026

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Director Mauri Pelto said this year's survey shows the fastest average retreat since 1950 with the collapse of several large ice caves, which form as warm air circulates in retreating glaciers.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Oct. 2026
In the scene, Odysseus and his men enter a cave filled with cheese and sheep, only to discover it is the home of Polyphemus, the son of Poseidon.

— Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 22 Oct. 2026

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