the underground

noun

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

Examples of the underground in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The suspects used the licenses for fraudulent purchases or sold them on the underground market. Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica, 14 Mar. 2024 The high-profile crimes in the subway system prompted New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Wednesday to send National Guard members to the underground network to help combat the issue. Emi Tuyetnhi Tran, NBC News, 6 Mar. 2024 While these sounds were once anomalies in club spaces in the Global North, their current presence in the underground is nearly inescapable. Isabelia Herrera, Pitchfork, 22 Mar. 2024 Some thought seemed to have been put into the interior design of the underground compound, which was adorned with decorative tiles. Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 7 Feb. 2024 Enjoy an interactive performance from P. Ann Everson-Price that celebrates the music from swinging jazz to gospel to Motown, and learn how events, like the underground railroad and prohibition, shaped the music of the time. Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 30 Jan. 2024 In places, the underground rocks are now dry down to 400 feet below ground. Fred Pearce, WIRED, 9 Mar. 2024 There were three homicides in the underground system over January and February, while incidents such as grand larcenies, felony assaults and robberies have also skyrocketed. Bradford Betz, Fox News, 6 Mar. 2024 An Altered State: As psychedelics move from the underground to mainstream medicine, clinicians aspiring to work in the field are inducing altered states with deep breathing. Simbarashe Cha, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2024

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“The underground.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20underground. Accessed 17 Apr. 2024.

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