subway train

noun

: an underground train

Examples of subway train in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Goldman questioned why Williams, who is Black, had not received the same treatment as Daniel Penny, a white 24-year-old Marine veteran who was seen in a video putting Jordan Neely in a fatal chokehold on a subway train. Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 15 June 2023 Woman in critical condition after being shoved into moving NYC subway train: Police Henderson appears to have been the peacemaker in a dispute between two other men over loud music when he was shot, police said. Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 15 Jan. 2024 In the following clip, the brother and sister sat beside one another on the subway train, watching their reflections in the train’s windows. Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 1 Dec. 2023 On Wednesday, a 30-year-old woman was pushed into a moving E southbound subway train at the 53rd Street/Fifth Avenue station platform around 12 p.m. before heading either to or from her job, an NYPD spokesperson told PEOPLE. David Chiu, Peoplemag, 20 Oct. 2023 Witnesses and Penny's attorney said that Neely was acting erratically, yelling about being tired and hungry, on the subway train when Penny, allegedly attempting to subdue him, placed Neely in the fatal restraint. Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 9 May 2023 Read full article On Aug. 10 at 11:10 a.m., a trainee and an instructor operating a Red Line subway train noticed a flag worker in the track area as the train was traveling 30 miles per hour near North Quincy Station, according to a preliminary report of the incident obtained by the Globe. Laura Crimaldi, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Sep. 2023 Amid mass shooting manhunt, Mainers are jittery, stoic — and often armed In New York last year, a gunman opened fire on a Brooklyn subway train, injuring 10 people before fleeing. Mark Berman, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2023 Maguire’s Spider-Man stops a runaway subway train, and Holland’s uses webs to hold a splitting ferry together. WIRED, 29 Sep. 2023

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“Subway train.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/subway%20train. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

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