subway train

noun

: an underground train

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Joseph Lynskey survived being shoved in front of a subway train on New Year’s Eve. Melissa Kirsch, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2025 Sixteen people were hospitalized on Tuesday after a subway train hit an object on the tracks at an Upper Manhattan station, causing a fire that filled the station with smoke, according to fire and transit officials. Ed Shanahan, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025 Police in New York are looking for a group of thieves who daringly stole a subway train in Brooklyn and took it for a joyride — and posted about their exploits on Instagram. Ben Brachfeld, People.com, 30 Jan. 2025 On New Year's Eve, a 45-year-old man was shoved ahead of an incoming subway train in Manhattan. Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 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 2 Apr. 2025.

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