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Madams led an “under-ground universe” with “a regularly organized community of thieves, who have their laws and regulations,” as George Foster put it in his 1850 novel Celio: or, New York Above-ground and Under-ground.
A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010
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As the car pulled out of the Priory, with a Chinese driver wearing dark glasses in the front and me in the back with a bodyguard, the paparazzi followed, so we went into an under-ground garage and I changed cars.
The Woman I Was Born to Be Susan Boyle 2010
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Early this year, a couple of youths in the densely populated province of the Copperbelt claimed that a group of Satanists was operating under-ground and recruiting members at a rate that called for concern.
The Satanic Perspective on the USA’s Troubling Times | Disinformation 2008
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The harsh summer temperatures mean that most residents live in caves drilled out of the rock in the side of a hill, rather than actually under-ground.
Archive 2009-04-01 Hels 2009
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The harsh summer temperatures mean that most residents live in caves drilled out of the rock in the side of a hill, rather than actually under-ground.
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No pictures yet, since the chicks are inside the under-ground nest and can't be disturbed.
House, tree and fish. magnio 2008
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The spent coated particle fuel can be disposed of in a deep under-ground repository.
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Moles and fools, sir, work under-ground, and only get traps set for them; I travel entirely above — ground, and go ten miles for their ten inches.
Mary Anerley Richard Doddridge 2004
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Like president George Washington over two hundred years before him, he was bound and determined to deliver his State of the Union address live, not via tape, while he and Congress cowered either in a plane 35,000 feet above the United States or deep inside some secret under-ground complex.
State of the Union Brad Thor 2004
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Like president George Washington over two hundred years before him, he was bound and determined to deliver his State of the Union address live, not via tape, while he and Congress cowered either in a plane 35,000 feet above the United States or deep inside some secret under-ground complex.
State of the Union Brad Thor 2004
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