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tunnel

[tuhn-l] / ˈtʌn l /


VERB
dig a passage through
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"It was a success!" said Domenico Giardini, one of the lead researchers on the project, as he inspected a crack in the rock wall lining a narrow tunnel far below the Swiss Alps.

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

Still, sometimes the light at the end of the tunnel is not always visible from behind a classroom sewing machine.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

During the experiment, no people were in the tunnel for safety reasons, with everything managed remotely from the ETH Zurich lab in northern Switzerland.

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

Newsom and other supporters have said the tunnel would protect the state’s water system as climate change intensifies severe droughts and deluges.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

Now they did not know how long they had been in the tunnel.

From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda