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Recent Examples of subway
Transportation officials say the ongoing closures are part of an effort to modernize signals and improve the reliability of subway service, with work expected to wrap in 2027.
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Christina Fan, CBS News, 28 Apr. 2026
In the mid-1940s, Hans Reinhart, a photographer working with International News Photos (the Hearst syndicate’s old picture service), shot a feature devoted to the subway’s lost and found.
—Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 28 Apr. 2026
On his first day in New York City in March 1969 after arriving from Haiti, Jean Alfred Desroches bought a copy of The New York Times, boarded a subway and read it from cover to cover — a daily ritual that reflected his lifelong interest in politics and world affairs.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2026
At one point, Sandler resorted to busking with his guitar in the New York City subway system because he had been fired from three jobs in a row.
—Joyce Chen, Architectural Digest, 24 Apr. 2026
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Christina Fan, CBS News, 28 Apr. 2026
In the mid-1940s, Hans Reinhart, a photographer working with International News Photos (the Hearst syndicate’s old picture service), shot a feature devoted to the subway’s lost and found.
—Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 28 Apr. 2026
On his first day in New York City in March 1969 after arriving from Haiti, Jean Alfred Desroches bought a copy of The New York Times, boarded a subway and read it from cover to cover — a daily ritual that reflected his lifelong interest in politics and world affairs.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2026
At one point, Sandler resorted to busking with his guitar in the New York City subway system because he had been fired from three jobs in a row.
—Joyce Chen, Architectural Digest, 24 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for subway
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From the walking path, a tunnel traveling north under Friars Road will take hikers into the Escala community.—
Maura Fox,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Apr. 2026
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Part of me wants to blame the NFL for making the players walk four miles down that dumb tunnel after they're picked.—
Zach Dean OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
24 Apr. 2026
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Relatives of the defendant, about a half dozen of whom watched from the gallery at his arraignment, cheered the judge’s decision to cut Alexander loose.—
Kerry Burke,
New York Daily News,
25 Apr. 2026
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The latest installments in this series are the most eye-catching of the nearly twenty works in Chan’s exhibition at the gallery Greene Naftali.—
Dawn Chan,
The New York Review of Books,
25 Apr. 2026
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Nearly all the instructions were relayed electronically from the director’s cave and translated by a bilingual assistant director.—
Chang Che,
New Yorker,
25 Apr. 2026
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Emma does have some great activities planned with one bus going to make (bleck) cheese and another to go exploring caves.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Subway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subway. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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