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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

The deal to unblock the global energy funnel gives Iran a say in its future management, and a route to riches.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

Jessie carefully positioned the water bottle in the wire cage, aimed the spout into the base of the funnel, then unscrewed the bottle cap.

From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser

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

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

“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

It later emerged the ship was far from finished - windows were painted on, temporary funnels were made of plywood and, more importantly, huge amounts of engineering and electrical work were still required inside.

From BBC ● Jan. 12, 2025

By the time they finished discussing the label for the vinegar, Chacko and Comrade Pillai had each acquired personal mosquito funnels.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy

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

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

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

Like all the pain in the world, all the sadness and loneliness and heartbreak, is funneled through my mom’s lungs.

From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender

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

It is also unclear how much daily imported energy China is using right away, and how much is being funnelled into its oil reserves, says Hansen.

From BBC ● Mar. 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

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 Osbourne, Lloyd

Anthropic, despite its push to source as much compute as possible, may decide to stop funneling its cash to a rival.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 27, 2026

Prosecutors allege that Rowan and his co-conspirators concealed the kickbacks by using fake invoices and shell companies to inflate Medicare reimbursements while funneling payments to medical providers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 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

In a dark room, a doctor pointed to an hourglass shape glowing on the ultrasound screen: There was her amniotic sac, funneling into her dilated cervix, and there was their tiny daughter’s foot, dipping out.

From Salon ● May 27, 2026

I moved along with a big crowd of kids, circling the main building and funneling into the wooden walkways that led to the portables.

From "Tangerine" by Edward Bloor

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

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

From Reuters ● Nov. 24, 2023

In funnelling the money into the industry, the French government aims to stop "prices collapsing... so that wine-makers can find sources of revenue again", Agriculture Minister Marc Fesneau said.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 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 Capes, Bernard Edward Joseph