: an underground way: such as
a
: a passage under a street (as for pedestrians, power cables, or water or gas mains)
b
: a usually electric underground railway
c
subway
intransitive verb
Examples of subway in a Sentence
I took the subway to midtown.
No one on the subway seemed to mind how crowded it was.
I've been on both the New York subway and the Underground in London.
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Additionally, people climbed on top of subway entrances and there was drinking in the street.
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Julian Roberts-Grmela, New York Daily News, 23 May 2026
In 2025, the city saw five deaths due to subway surfing, NYPD said.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 23 May 2026
One teenager is dead and another was critically hurt after subway surfing on the Williamsburg Bridge on Friday.
—Mahsa Saeidi, CBS News, 23 May 2026
The police have made 75 subway surfing arrests so far this year.
—Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 23 May 2026
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Julian Roberts-Grmela, New York Daily News, 23 May 2026
In 2025, the city saw five deaths due to subway surfing, NYPD said.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 23 May 2026
One teenager is dead and another was critically hurt after subway surfing on the Williamsburg Bridge on Friday.
—Mahsa Saeidi, CBS News, 23 May 2026
The police have made 75 subway surfing arrests so far this year.
—Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 23 May 2026
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“Subway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/subway. Accessed 28 May. 2026.
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subway
noun
sub·way
ˈsəb-ˌwā 
1
: an underground passage
2
: a usually electric underground railway
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