funnel
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Processions often include dozens of cars that line up along Forest Lawn Drive and funnel into the parks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
The White House said the global exemption was being used to "evade tariffs and funnel deadly synthetic opioids" to the US.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Professional-services firms have historically relied on a pyramid-based model, where scores of junior employees funnel their work up to more senior partners who have been promoted based on tenure.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Specifically, the court noted that existing disclosure laws and rules about earmarking donations already act as disincentives for donors hoping to use parties as a means to indirectly funnel money to candidates.
From Salon ● Jul. 2, 2026
So far, the funnel clouds had all receded back into the sky before doing any damage.
From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown
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In Canada, home to 31 private technology companies each valued at more than $1 billion, the federal government funnels money into leading-edge research and welcomes skilled immigrants to conduct it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 27, 2026
A more moderate Santa Ana wind event typically funnels gusts through canyons, but isn’t powerful enough to climb mountains.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2025
Palantir began as a defense contractor and has since found other customers selling a platform that funnels data into simple dashboards that use artificial intelligence to aid decision-making.
From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2025
It later emerged the ship was far from finished - windows were painted on, temporary funnels were made of plywood and, more importantly, huge amounts of engineering and electrical work were still required inside.
From BBC ● Jan. 12, 2025
If you can call it talking, these clipped whispers, projected through the funnels of our white wings.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
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Earlier this year, Lewin funneled $3.8 billion to a small arm of the United Nations, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, quadrupling the budget of the agency.
From Salon ● Jun. 23, 2026
Those institutional orders will get funneled through S&P Global’s Equity Bookbuild platform.
From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026
This evolution was thanks to a daring business move from Huang, who funneled the profits Nvidia generated from its gaming business to develop a software layer called Compute Unified Device Architecture, or CUDA.
From MarketWatch ● May 23, 2026
According to prosecutors, McCluskie, Williamson, and another consultant skimmed $225,000 from one of Becerra’s dormant campaign accounts and funneled it to McCluskie through various entities.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026
The money, in the form of a five-year grant, would be funneled through Harvard Medical School.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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At the time, Nasa described pyrocumulonimbus as "the fire-breathing dragon of clouds, external" as they funnelled a smoke-like chimney into the earth's atmosphere while hurling thunderbolts, wind and rain.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Millions more were funnelled into art by Claude Monet and Vincent van Gogh, a private jet, and the production of the Hollywood movie "The Wolf of Wall Street" by Najib's stepson.
From Barron's ● Dec. 25, 2025
Instead of hiding away, Jenny funnelled her anger into training to become a journalist to uncover the truth for herself.
From BBC ● Dec. 22, 2025
Businessman Mr Low, who funnelled money to Michel, was accused of stealing about $4bn from Malaysia's sovereign wealth fund during the infamous 1MDB scandal.
From BBC ● Nov. 21, 2025
A round orifice is contrived at the summit; and, on this orifice, rises a funnelled mouthpiece built of pure cement.
From The Wonders of Instinct Chapters in the Psychology of Insects by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos
They contend that the higher costs will be passed along to consumers, and they also take issue with funneling a new funding source to a niche industry without going through the budget process.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
The Defense Department has an office staffed with bankers and other specialists dedicated to funneling the money to the right projects.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
It seems there is possibly a second sponsor, Daktronics, that is funneling money to Kawhi Leonard for doing nothing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
Anthropic, despite its push to source as much compute as possible, may decide to stop funneling its cash to a rival.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 27, 2026
The hills on either side of a cove would direct the water right down the middle, funneling it toward the village.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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Liverpool have often pressed in a 4-4-2 diamond shape, initially encouraging opponents to play short before launching more aggressive pressing sequences, often funnelling the ball centrally before trying to win it back.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
He said high pressure over Europe was funnelling hot air north from northern Africa, with the weather system hindering cloud formation.
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
The door has been left ajar, funnelling an icy breeze into the bar where a small group of members sup pints.
From BBC ● Dec. 10, 2023
Helsinki says Moscow is funnelling them to the border, a charge the Kremlin denies.
From Reuters ● Nov. 24, 2023
"Listen and believe!" he cried; and funnelling his hands about his lips, he stooped over the central hole.
From At a Winter's Fire by Bernard Edward Joseph Capes
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