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Recent Examples of subway
New York City's subway system is testing artificial intelligence to boost security and reduce crime.
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Staff, FOXNews.com, 24 May 2025
Hours earlier, explosions and antiaircraft fire were heard throughout Kyiv as many sought shelter in subway stations while Russian drones and missiles targeted the Ukrainian capital overnight.
—Illia Novikov, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2025
There are, in the movie’s opening minutes, the sonic minutiae of daily life: police sirens, a plane landing, a subway car pulling into a station, the pfffft when popping open a bottle.
—John Hendrickson, The Atlantic, 23 May 2025
In car ride requests with the windows down, in a split pair of wired headphones on the subway home.
—Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 22 May 2025
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Staff, FOXNews.com, 24 May 2025
Hours earlier, explosions and antiaircraft fire were heard throughout Kyiv as many sought shelter in subway stations while Russian drones and missiles targeted the Ukrainian capital overnight.
—Illia Novikov, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2025
There are, in the movie’s opening minutes, the sonic minutiae of daily life: police sirens, a plane landing, a subway car pulling into a station, the pfffft when popping open a bottle.
—John Hendrickson, The Atlantic, 23 May 2025
In car ride requests with the windows down, in a split pair of wired headphones on the subway home.
—Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 22 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for subway
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Both wars have gotten demonstrably worse with no sign of light at the end of the tunnel.—
Gary Franks,
Hartford Courant,
6 June 2025
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Thanks to wildlife cameras, conservationists knew amphibians were using the tunnels.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
3 June 2025
Noun
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Today, that artistic spirit lives on at the region’s many galleries, such as Studio Tramuntana and Secret Mill.—
Siobhan Reid,
Vogue,
28 May 2025
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Nine galleries are debuting in this section, including New York’s 47 Canal and Lisbon’s Madragoa.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
28 May 2025
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Sean joined her, and Bronte shared her theory about Gabby, believing that Gabby may have been at the caves.—
Barry Levitt,
Time,
6 June 2025
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As reported earlier, these ancient Hebrew texts—roughly 900 full and partial scrolls in all, stored in clay jars—were first discovered scattered in various caves near what was once the settlement of Qumran, just north of the Dead Sea, by Bedouin shepherds in 1946–1947.—
Jennifer Ouellette,
ArsTechnica,
4 June 2025
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“Subway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subway. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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