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tunnels

NOUN

covered passageway

Synonyms

STRONGEST

channel hole mine pit shaft subway underpass

STRONG

adit burrow crosscut drift passage tube

WEAK

crawl space crawlway hole in the wall

VERB

dig a passage through

Synonyms

STRONGEST

burrow

STRONG

excavate mine penetrate sap undermine

WEAK

scoop out

Antonyms

STRONG

strengthen

Example Sentences

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These long, winding, canal-like tunnels, big enough for boats, are nothing short of the subterranean answer to the city’s boulevards, with an unexpected, if somewhat infernal, majesty.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

That is lower than estimates from 2019 of 85,379, but higher than 2005, when a manual count estimated 72,540 went through the tunnels.

From BBC • May 2, 2026

County’s population, are largely excluded from the region’s most consequential planning decisions regarding infrastructure projects like transit lines and tunnels.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026

Instead of digging new tunnels, certain bees reused existing ones if they were empty.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

Some of the tunnels overlap, and at one point they’re above, beside, and below us.

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas