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subway train

noun

: an underground train

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Three of the four men then beat up a man on a subway train. CBS News, 18 Nov. 2025 In May, Wilson was arrested for allegedly smoking crack on a subway train, according to police. Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 2 Nov. 2025 This mobile bar crisscrosses the room’s checkerboard floor with the growling rumble of a subway train. Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2025 President Demetrius Crichlow said the tragedy involved subway surfing, or riding on the outside of a moving subway train. Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for subway train

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“Subway train.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/subway%20train. Accessed 27 Nov. 2025.

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