the underground

noun

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

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Kotcheff managed to get through a live 1958 teleplay about a nuclear bomb going off in the underground even though lead actor Gareth Jones had died while getting his makeup applied mere minutes before the show was to go on the air. Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 11 Apr. 2025 To view its marble halls, buy a ticket for the underground tour. Pat Tompkins, AFAR Media, 4 Apr. 2025 Founded in 1982 in Boston by musicians Judy Grunwald, Beth Kaplan, and Susan Merriam (later joined by a rotating group of other collaborators), Salem 66 quickly found a place in the underground rock scene of the day. Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 24 Mar. 2025 See the subway art: Check out this guide here, but the underground scenes are definitely worth seeing on your visit. Brittany Leitner, StyleCaster, 19 Mar. 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 23 Apr. 2025.

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