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tunnel

noun as in covered passageway

verb as in dig a passage through

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Hamas officials have said in recent interviews that retrieving bodies of dead hostages will take time, as many are in collapsed or bombed-out tunnels or under the rubble.

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Then he trudged back toward the dugout, collected his equipment and disappeared into the tunnel.

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Two tunnels ran from fore to aft, right beneath the deck.

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The conditions are as unhygienic as can be imagined in a subterranean tunnel with no light, air, running water or sanitation.

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They shared the prize with native-born American John Martinis for “quantum mechanical tunnelling.”

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