subway train

noun

: an underground train

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The New York Police Department (NYPD) is still searching for two people accused of misconduct involving a corpse on a Manhattan subway train late Tuesday into early Wednesday, a department spokesperson confirmed to Newsweek on Sunday. Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Apr. 2025 There's Popeye, behind the wheel of a car he's grabbed from an ordinary citizen, racing to outrun a subway train clattering along an elevated track. Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 27 Feb. 2025 On a New York subway train, Clay encounters Lula, a seductive but sinister stranger who slowly begins to unravel his life. Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 7 Mar. 2025 In the past few months, a 57-year-old woman was burned to death on a subway, a man was fatally stabbed during a brawl, and a 45-year-old man was shoved ahead of an incoming subway train in Manhattan. Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for subway train

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“Subway train.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/subway%20train. Accessed 1 Jun. 2025.

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