tunnels

Example Sentences

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Earlier in the week, a plan to pump out flood water from the tunnels also failed.

From BBC • May 31, 2026

Since the cease-fire, Israel has destroyed dozens of miles of tunnels located near the yellow line, according to Israeli military statements and videos.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026

They have complicated relationships, but there’s nothing better for ironing things out than creeping together through dark tunnels by flashlight, hoping that nothing jumps out at you, engaging in weightless banter as you go.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

Frustrated by traffic, Musk founded The Boring Company in 2016, initially as a SpaceX subsidiary, with grand promises of transforming urban transportation through a network of underground tunnels.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

The forest itself, ten miles across, was a tangled thicket of trees and thorny underbrush honeycombed with German tunnels, concrete dugouts, and machine-gun nests that the Germans had spent four years fortifying.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman