tunnels

Example Sentences

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These long, winding, canal-like tunnels, big enough for boats, are nothing short of the subterranean answer to the city’s boulevards, with an unexpected, if somewhat infernal, majesty.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

When mining operations shut down after roughly 80 years, they left behind more than empty tunnels.

From Science Daily • May 6, 2026

That is lower than estimates from 2019 of 85,379, but higher than 2005, when a manual count estimated 72,540 went through the tunnels.

From BBC • May 2, 2026

County’s population, are largely excluded from the region’s most consequential planning decisions regarding infrastructure projects like transit lines and tunnels.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026

It served as a breathing hole for Asmodeus, also as amplification to echo the dreaded name through the caves and tunnels as a warning to intruders.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques