tunnel

Example Sentences

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“Your 50s are a turning point. There may be a light at the end of the tunnel for big expenses like tuition and mortgages and your earning power may be peaking,” Fidelity says.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 16, 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

Mexican army divers have rescued a miner from a flooded underground tunnel two weeks after he was first trapped.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

One theory was that Ford suffered from tunnel vision.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

Starting in a landscaping shed in the West, the tunnel went down 9 feet and burrowed toward the yard of a farmhouse on the other side of the wall, 250 feet away.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin