funnel
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As a means of crowd control, the National Park Service has attempted to funnel people out of the valley, where the majority of tourists spend their time and into its less frequented locations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
Some comments about AI’s potential to create jobs are coming amid layoffs intended to funnel more money to AI spending.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 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
A robust banking system and wide availability of nonbank financing helped funnel capital to startups and other ventures, allowing them to sustain losses for longer periods as their businesses matured.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 28, 2026
In the center of the room, an armored giant struggled under the weight of a swirling funnel cloud—Adas, holding up the sky.
From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan
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The whales were believed to have died in such numbers in this particular area because it is a popular foraging habitat -- and has a V-shaped trench that funnels carcasses to the seafloor.
From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026
As Silicon Valley now funnels untold riches into server farms around the country, Rizer said, “I wait for those guys to call me.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 22, 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
"When it comes to the corridor, it funnels right through," says Ms Hammar, who has gone to the hospital twice because of the way the gas "feels like its squeezing your heart".
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2025
Leo told them about his new hobby as a genius inventor of musical funnels.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
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After the chip stocks’ run-up in recent weeks, traders on Monday funneled a record $437 million into an ETF designed to triple traders’ bearish bets on a second semiconductor index, according to FactSet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026
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
All of the ships gradually funneled together, forming a long, haphazard caravan of vessels stretching toward Chthonia, a tiny blue-brown orb floating in the distance.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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They reported slow "airport style" security checks before the capacity crowd was funnelled through three gates.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026
Saudi Arabia and the UAE have funnelled billions to position themselves as regional AI and technology hubs, aiming to attract high-skilled talent.
From BBC ● May 6, 2026
It is also unclear how much daily imported energy China is using right away, and how much is being funnelled into its oil reserves, says Hansen.
From BBC ● Mar. 18, 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
Lo! here her progeny of steel and steam, A funnelled monster at her mooring swings: Still, in our hearts, we see her pennant stream, And "Well done, 'Captain'," like a trumpet rings.
From In Flanders Fields and Other Poems by Macphail, Andrew, Sir
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
Japan wants to become an asset management superpower, funneling an estimated $7 trillion in mattress money and low-yielding bank accounts into its booming stock market.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
With demand for AI computing surging, producers of memory chips are funneling limited supplies instead to Nvidia and other companies at the center of the AI boom.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
In a dark room, a doctor pointed to an hourglass shape glowing on the ultrasound screen: There was her amniotic sac, funneling into her dilated cervix, and there was their tiny daughter’s foot, dipping out.
From Salon ● May 27, 2026
“They're for funneling light before we get our channellors. But we don't get them until we're Level Twos. My older sister let me use hers once, though.”
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
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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 expected failure of the bill would mean an existing visa policy, which has been widely accused of exacerbating problems by funnelling most international students to a select few city-based universities, will remain in place.
From BBC ● Nov. 20, 2024
Helsinki says Moscow is funnelling them to the border, a charge the Kremlin denies.
From Reuters ● Nov. 24, 2023
Mr Jones - who has declared both personal and business bankruptcy - has been accused of funnelling money to friends and family in an attempt to hide his assets.
From BBC ● May 29, 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 Capes, Bernard Edward Joseph
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