tunnels

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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

Israel concentrated on using air strikes to close the exit tunnels for the missile launchers, but the bases themselves proved hard to destroy, Israeli officials said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

We keep our hands above our heads, even as the tunnels get dark, until I feel a large button graze my fingertips.

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston