funnel
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Alphabet is instead choosing to funnel resources to its Google Cloud business, which Nathanson believes is a more profitable strategy than “chasing frontier leadership at any cost.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
An investigation found that the Clippers used team sponsors to funnel extra money to Leonard beyond what league financial rules allow.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
With funnel cakes in the shape of her beloved butterfly and fashion exhibits with eye-popping heels and wigs, Dolly Parton’s theme park has history, entertainment, reverence.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 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
I loved all the sounds and smells of the festival—corn dogs and kettle corn and chili and funnel cakes.
From "Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus" by Dusti Bowling
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The residents soon suspected the funnels contained some kind of herbicide that was slowly killing the tree - a suspicion also shared by arborists who came to examine it.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
He funnels huge amounts of money into those picks so they can win markets and drown out rivals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 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
Manet started small, teaching me simple formulae of the sort required for twice-tough glass and heat funnels.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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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
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
For years, big cruise ships funneled crowds into destinations like Venice and Barcelona, fueling overtourism concerns and prompting officials to impose restrictions on cruise traffic, ship size and visitor volume.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
Those institutional orders will get funneled through S&P Global’s Equity Bookbuild platform.
From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026
Fifteen feet deep and miles and miles long, Miami’s canals funneled freshwater from the Everglades and rainwater from regular storms through the city and out to the sea.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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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
They reported slow "airport style" security checks before the capacity crowd was funnelled through three gates.
From BBC ● Jun. 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
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
Mr. Spokesly pulled Archy Bates close up to him so that his lips were actually funnelled in the other's ear and breathed back: "Take it from me, Archy, he ain't fit for his job!"
From Command by William McFee
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
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
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
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
“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
Last week, a federal court in St Louis indicted 14 North Koreans for allegedly being part of a long-running conspiracy aimed at extorting funds from US companies and funnelling money to Pyongyang's weapons programmes.
From BBC ● Dec. 19, 2024
The cardinal was also accused of funnelling vast sums of money to his home diocese of Sardinia, some of which reportedly benefited his family.
From BBC ● Dec. 16, 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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