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funnel

[fuhn-l] / ˈfʌn l /


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The Central Lowlands could also experience disruption as strong winds funnel through the region.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

The group was able to raise enough money to funnel resources to campus organizations for events, campaigns and media efforts.

From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2026

In a report in July, the PIJ claimed the bureau had received a complaint alleging US intelligence believed top Malawi military personnel may have helped to secretly funnel heavy weaponry to Sudan.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

Luxury tax penalties from clubs that exceed the thresholds funnel back to low-revenue clubs through revenue sharing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

They held up her head and made a little funnel of her chops and poured the cool soup in.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck

They soon became suspicious of 10 white plastic funnels peeping out from behind the trunk.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

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

But versatility is also a lost art — collateral damage during the construction of the pipeline that directly funnels social media stars to the screen.

From Salon ● Jan. 24, 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

The Korean money funnels in mostly through the dozens of churches across the metropolitan area.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee

The owners allegedly underreported how much they paid their employees by more than $100,000 each year and funneled profits through mortgage payments and investments.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

That, and a booming economy, helped Detroit carmakers rake in profits, which were subsequently funneled into pursuing other businesses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

In 2003, McLeod’s patrons funneled more than $100,000 through The Fellowship to compensate him.

From Salon ● Jun. 9, 2026

Those institutional orders will get funneled through S&P Global’s Equity Bookbuild platform.

From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026

Another one hooked my mom, and we were forced up the aisle, funneled toward the flower-stacked coffin at the front of the church.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx

But not all of it is funnelled into learning.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

Every attack was funnelled out wide before a hopeful cross was delivered and cleared in what was essentially a set-piece defending drill.

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026

Much of England's creative work under Tuchel is funnelled through Anderson and Kane, but Ghana's players went man to man to keep them quiet.

From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026

Spurs ultimately funnelled Villa's play down the middle while also setting up to have numerous players in that area of the pitch.

From BBC ● May 4, 2026

There, in smoke-smudged coats, Lay funnelled liners, dirty fishing-craft, Blunt cargo-luggers, tugs, and ferry-boats.

From A Treasury of War Poetry British and American Poems of the World War 1914-1917 by George Herbert Clarke

Most voters interviewed by AFP agreed that Collins had done well in funneling federal funding back to Maine over the years and that 58-year-old newcomer Jackson would not be so successful.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

The rise of a roster-budget model in college sports means that every dollar a team spends on its starting quarterback is one it isn’t funneling toward a capable backup.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

Chinese artificial intelligence companies attempted to clone American AI models by funneling real Chinese user queries to them via a network of intermediate platforms, Anthropic said in a report published Thursday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

With American refiners funneling the fuel oil into international markets, the domestic supply has dwindled, driving up prices.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

The Hands swept forward, seconds away from funneling me inside….

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia

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

Those grants and loans, together with the clean energy tax credits that are also part of the IRA, have been funnelling billions of new federal and private dollars into developing clean energy.

From BBC ● May 29, 2025

It explained the canal, which once transported iron and coal to Newport docks, had relied on funnelling water from the River Usk and its tributaries which accounted for 80-90% of its water supply.

From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2025

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

It is a bold step to make holes in the funnelling as obviously any uncertainty of draught might fill the hut with smoke.

From Scott's Last Expedition Volume I by Robert Falcon Scott


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