funnel
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These areas are used to strong winds at this time of year but if the windy conditions funnel through the central lowlands there could be some disruption.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
Processions often include dozens of cars that line up along Forest Lawn Drive and funnel into the parks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
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
He said that investors want to see evidence that Adobe’s “freemium” funnel will translate to durable paid-subscriber growth, and not weaken the pricing power for its premium offerings.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026
The watery funnel looks speckled with stars, like a portal to a deep, dark place.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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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
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
In Canada, home to 31 private technology companies each valued at more than $1 billion, the federal government funnels money into leading-edge research and welcomes skilled immigrants to conduct it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 27, 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
I don’t start my own list of boat funnels or butterflies.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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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
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
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
When they reached the floor of the valley the wind grew stronger as it funneled through the rocks, and directly ahead a bright-colored speck grew larger and larger.
From "The Phantom Tollbooth" by Norton Juster
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Searle pointed out that Langsang Lirung sits on the crest of the high Himalayas and there are "incredibly steep valleys" on both sides of the mountain, which could have funnelled the water at higher speeds.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 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
When City had the ball, United's 4-4-2 funnelled them into wide areas, where they defended with four players.
From BBC ● Jan. 17, 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
He stood by the gangway as the passengers came off, an interminable throng, slow moving, teetering on the slats, a gush of funnelled humanity, hampered with bags, hat-boxes, rolls of rugs, dressing-cases, golf-sticks, and children.
From Love, the Fiddler by Lloyd Osbourne
White House trade adviser Peter Navarro has complained that Chinese companies are funneling their goods through other countries, such as sending nearly finished clothes through third countries for final touches.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 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
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
On occasion, thick clouds would start funneling downward, reaching for the ground.
From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown
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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
Its Vision 2023 plan, spearheaded by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, includes funnelling money into sectors such as tourism, entertainment, and sports.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2025
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
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
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