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  • present tense form of tunnel (3rd person singular).
  • plural of tunnel.
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tunnels



VERB
dig a passage through
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Rescuers have continued searching hydropower tunnels for hundreds of missing workers, engineers and other personnel, weeks after the disaster.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

Since it began surveys in May, the CRT has installed 39 footprint tunnels along hedgerows and woodland edges, with nine of the tunnels recording dormouse footprints.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

Elon Musk continues to draw investment dollars — this time for a tunneling company that just raised $3 billion so it can help “solve traffic” via expensive underground tunnels.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026

The wave tore through the Rasuwagadhi hydropower plant where Adhikari served as the manager, ripping up steel and concrete defenses with explosive force and pouring into the project’s cavernous tunnels.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

She imagined them behind her, the same way she’d imagined new tunnels appearing in Pasiphaë’s Labyrinth.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan



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