funnel
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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 return, it is alleged that Ethiopia has helped funnel arms to the UAE's allies in Sudan, though that is denied by both countries.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
Roy would use the city attorney’s role as the prosecutor of most misdemeanor crimes to funnel nonviolent offenders into diversion programs, such as mental health treatment or vocational training.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
The karpoi began to fight, dissolving into funnel clouds of grain.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
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Here, Sorkin funnels his penchant for self-important sanctimoniousness through the journalism thriller’s always-intriguing lens.
From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026
The residents, who still believe the Whanki Museum had the funnels installed, want them to reveal what was in them, so experts can treat the ginkgo.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
As hot air rises off the desert floor, cooler air pours down from above and funnels between the mountain ranges, sending unpredictable gusts sweeping across the tennis complex.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 7, 2026
Marketing shifted from campaign bursts to always‑on funnels and A/B testing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 22, 2025
Pamela Bynes holds up one of those plastic cooking funnels.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
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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
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
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
Not when we were afraid, but when we were wide awake and lucid, my mother funneled China into our ears: Kwang- tung Province, New Society Village, the river Kwoo, which runs past the village.
From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
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But not all of it is funnelled into learning.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
He told BBC Scotland News a lack of a "meaningful queuing structure" saw thousands of fans funnelled through "a series of bottlenecks and pinch points".
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026
OpenAI lawyers have suggested that she funnelled information about OpenAI to Musk after he in 2018 left the AI company, which he co-founded and made early donations to.
From BBC ● May 6, 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
When built upon a horizontal base of sufficient extent, it is a dome with a central neck, funnelled like the mouth of an urn.
From The Wonders of Instinct Chapters in the Psychology of Insects by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos
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 story about Aspiration Partners funneling $28 million to Kawhi Leonard continues to amaze me.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 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 main street must be nearby, Cora thought, funneling the town.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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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
They have accused him of "funnelling millions of dollars from mining contracts through illegitimate shell companies to finance his family's lavish lifestyle".
From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2024
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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