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 As the train rumbles from the elevated tracks in the Bronx into the underground subway tunnels in Manhattan, Gabriela is on her phone. Jocelyn Gecker, Fortune, 5 June 2024 Her reputation as an unsung pioneer of South Asian pop music grew in the underground, though. August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2024 Wiggins wanted Osborn to transfer the private security guards from Metro bus and rail divisions to the underground locations. Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2024 My father recounted to me that in the 19th century, Niagara Falls served as a vital stop on the underground railroad—a secret, informal network of people who sheltered escaped, formerly enslaved Black people. Kiratiana Freelon, Parents, 21 May 2024 Last month, city officials red-tagged the administration building that sits not far from Wayfarers Chapel, and as of Monday, all the underground services for the site, including electricity, water, sewer and gas, were broken and unusable, officials said. Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2024 As psychedelics move from the underground to mainstream medicine, clinicians aspiring to work in the field are inducing altered states with deep breathing. Ernesto Londoño Meridith Kohut, New York Times, 12 May 2024 We were emailed a QR code to use for complimentary parking in the underground parking garage, then checked in at a station to receive our reservation time slots. Rachel Bernhard, Journal Sentinel, 9 May 2024 This helped accelerate the diffusion of information from the underground into the mainstream, not only providing sophisticated consumers with an exciting stream of unfamiliar ideas but also breathing new life into mass culture. W. David Marx, The Atlantic, 1 May 2024

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“The underground.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20underground. Accessed 11 Jun. 2024.

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