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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

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

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 my head, I spin my octopus funnel to point directly at them and dose them with a generous helping of freezing cold salt water.

From "The Benefits of Being an Octopus" by Ann Braden

The landmark parkrun saw a large turnout, with runners queuing in finish funnels to get their times recorded on a sunny morning in the capital.

From BBC ● Jun. 13, 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

Marketing shifted from campaign bursts to always‑on funnels and A/B testing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 22, 2025

“There’s an awful lot of financial logic to this,” said Lambert, 37, whose club funnels much of that profit to migrant-aid groups, charities for the homeless or others providing medical assistant to Palestine.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 14, 2025

I don’t start my own list of boat funnels or butterflies.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

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

He funneled his fascination into a science-fiction YouTube series about a seemingly endless universe where mundanity meets monsters.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 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

Others were educated for jobs in the Nut or funneled into the ranks of Peacekeepers.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins

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

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

Rijkenberg told parliament the money received from the United States was funnelled into the account of Eswatini's disaster agency, NDMA.

From Barron's ● Nov. 17, 2025

Down from the tropic night    Rushes the funnelled air; Our heads expand and fall in;    Our hearts thump huge as despair.

From Songs of the Army of the Night by Francis William Lauderdale Adams

The person alleged in an interview that the sponsorship deal was “1,000% a way to circumvent the salary cap. It was funneling money from the Clippers through Daktronics back to Kawhi.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026

Many individual investors maintain significant exposure to the Mag Seven—but they are increasingly funneling dollars toward less famous stocks that they are hoping will emerge as the next set of AI superstars.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 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

“Kevin Juin solicited more than $2 million in purported loans to invest in a lingerie company, while funneling the money to personal accounts to fund a luxurious lifestyle,” said Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.

From MarketWatch ● May 29, 2026

On occasion, thick clouds would start funneling downward, reaching for the ground.

From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown

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

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

Experts say the infamous hacking team is working nearly 24 hours a day - potentially funnelling the money into the regime's military development.

From BBC ● Mar. 9, 2025

Helsinki says Moscow is funnelling them to the border, a charge the Kremlin denies.

From Reuters ● Nov. 24, 2023

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