passageway
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Finally, they had to dig a passageway, "a tiny tunnel the size of a person", through the debris at the top of the tunnel.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
Prabowo said on Monday that Indonesia and Singapore "have an interest in keeping the Strait of Malacca as a free passageway".
From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026
The passageway is accessed using a “sophisticated hydraulic lift” and extends from Otay Mesa, underneath the U.S.-Mexico border and into Tijuana.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026
It’s a single narrow passageway that hugs the coast of Oman, according to the Defense Department.
From MarketWatch ● May 5, 2026
Harry and Ron looked at each other, then leaving Wormtail’s body on the floor behind them, ran up the stairs and back into the shadowy passageway leading to the drawing room.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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The vessels’ passageways and sleeping quarters are narrow and claustrophobic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
As lights flickered on along the passageways, I followed my guide further inside.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
The meandering floor plan, with its rooms of various sizes and orientations alongside their resulting passageways and corners, demands that you wander, not map, your perusal of the galleries.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026
The move could bring some barrels back into circulation relatively quickly as one of the world’s major maritime passageways, the Strait of Hormuz, remains effectively shut.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 13, 2026
The museum’s various levels were comprised of vast caverns linked by a network of subterranean streets, tunnels, staircases, elevators, escalators, ladders, slides, trapdoors, and secret passageways.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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