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passageway

[pas-ij-way] / ˈpæs ɪdʒˌweɪ /


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Finally, they had to dig a passageway, "a tiny tunnel the size of a person", through the debris at the top of the tunnel.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

The 1,200-square-foot Ship Wreck House has three decks and pirate details, such as a water cannon and secret passageway leading to a treasure-themed chamber with a skeleton and a chest of doubloons.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

Prabowo said on Monday that Indonesia and Singapore "have an interest in keeping the Strait of Malacca as a free passageway".

From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026

Oil-producing Middle Eastern countries are exploring overland alternatives to the passageway, such as new pipelines or pipeline expansions, and energy-importing countries have sought alternatives to crude or alternatives to their supplies of crude.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 23, 2026

Harry hurtled around a corner and found Fred and a small knot of students, including Lee Jordan and Hannah Abbott, standing beside another empty plinth, whose statue had concealed a secret passageway.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling

Although scientists have studied Masaya for years, the movement of magma through its underground reservoirs and passageways remains poorly understood.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026

They are like passageways through time, or perhaps beyond it, where Blackness is the default and love has many homes, each image a threshold of possibility and reclamation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

As lights flickered on along the passageways, I followed my guide further inside.

From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026

Five years later, Madison Square Garden was planted atop it, banishing sunlight and driving commuters into a subterranean maze of passageways.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026

They were soon in a maze of small passageways.

From "Chasing Vermeer" by Blue Balliett


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