tunnel

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Crucially, it held on to its stockpile of nearly 1,000 pounds of near weapons-grade uranium—half of it buried in caskets in a tunnel deep under its Isfahan nuclear site, according to the U.N. atomic agency.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

If you tunnel your way north, through the long-shuttered rows of dead underground storefronts, you can pop back up to ground level at Fletcher Bowron Square.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2026

One theory was that Ford suffered from tunnel vision.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

"Christina has been sleeping heads down in the middle of the vehicle, kind of like a bat suspended from our docking tunnel," Wiseman explained, describing their preferred spots for shut-eye.

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

We watch her momma turn into a streak of smoke that disappears around a bend into another tunnel.

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas