funneled

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“Once the money was paid out,” Bonta said, “it was funneled through a complex web of over 130 shell companies and hidden across bank accounts, payment apps and cryptocurrency to evade detection.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

“If transit is funneled through a smaller, controlled portion of the strait, you’re not stopping barrels, but you are constraining them — creating friction and likely reducing overall throughput.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

One China-based tanker network, established in 2019, now comprises at least 56 vessels that have funneled more than 400 million barrels of sanctioned oil, according to C4ADS, a Washington-based nonprofit that specializes in national-security threats.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

Is this land that should be funneled into big, private development projects, in a way that might reproduce the same systems?

From Salon • Mar. 6, 2026

Green lights begin flashing from the ceiling, followed by an announcement funneled through the sound boxes nestled in the ceiling corners.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer