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tunnel

[tuhn-l] / ˈtʌn l /


VERB
dig a passage through
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The Delta tunnel, in contrast, could cost $60 billion to $100 billion, it says.

From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2026

He made one final lap of honour and exited down the tunnel.

From BBC • May 24, 2026

The militant group is focusing on rebuilding the military capabilities it lost during the war, including parts of its damaged tunnel infrastructure, Arab and Israeli officials have said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026

Rather than a tunnel through space, it can be understood as two complementary components of a quantum state.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2026

The car veers into another light tunnel, and it takes us above the governing district.

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas




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