subway

noun

Definition of subwaynext
as in tunnel

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Recent Examples of subway After many years of white subway tile reigning as the go-to for kitchen backsplashes, a new playful design trend is bringing color and character back in a unique way. — Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Aug. 2026 Social media video also showed rain leaking into subway stations and flooded streets. — Amethyst Martinez, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026 While riding the New York subway, Hariri-Kia’s car stopped underground. — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 21 Aug. 2026 More than 38,000 people, including over 2,000 children, sheltered in Kyiv’s subway stations overnight, the system’s operator said. — Samya Kullab, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for subway
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  1. tunnel
  2. gallery
  3. cave
Noun
  • Rescuers are still working to search and rescue any potential survivors trapped in a hydropower tunnel in the Rasuwa district.
    — Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Smooth plaster tunnels extending from the gallery edges lead you, like portals to another world, to three respite-providing viewing points.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of tunnel
Noun
  • View gallery - 19 images Colorado truck topper innovator Radica Products has never been known to follow convention.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 1 Sep. 2026
  • This careful calibration of fit blurs the distinction between the gallery and the vitrine.
    — Katy Barkan, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of gallery
Noun
  • Israeli police recently stumbled on an ancient burial cave in an unlikely place while carrying out an operation in Jerusalem.
    — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Researchers have developed cyborg cockroaches that could help deliver emergency medical care to people trapped in collapsed buildings, caves, and other dangerous locations.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of cave

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