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the underground

noun

: a group of people who secretly work to oppose or overthrow a government

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Will uses this newfound ability to track Hopper's movements in the underground tunnels. Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Nov. 2025 More reactionary than conservative, their political ancestry is in the underground of the American right—Strom Thurmond, Joseph McCarthy, Patrick Buchanan—rather than the forward-looking Reaganite libertarians who dominated the Republican Party for four decades. George Packer, The Atlantic, 24 Nov. 2025 The Venetian Pool, built from coral rock with waterfalls and cave-like grottos, is filled daily with 820,000 gallons of spring water from the underground Biscayne ​Aquifer. Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 22 Nov. 2025 Anticipation builds as the Hokie football team makes its way down the underground tunnel—a legendary walk from the locker room to the field, walls etched with the names of former players. Christina Daves, Southern Living, 22 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for the underground

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“The underground.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20underground. Accessed 1 Dec. 2025.

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