as in cave
a passage that goes under the ground, through a hill, etc.
The train goes through a tunnel in the mountain. The moles dug tunnels in the yard.
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Recent Examples of tunnel
However, most cruise ships will be too big to navigate the tunnel.
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David Nikel, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
When the Rams emerged from their locker room in uniform for pregame warmups, Verse was the last player out of the tunnel.
—Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2025
Outfalls are pipelines or tunnels that discharge municipal or industrial wastewater, storm water and sewer overflows to a body of water, according to the EPA.
—Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 18 Jan. 2025
Related article Israeli military says hostage found dead in Gaza tunnel, ‘grave concerns’ for second captive
Negotiations have appeared deadlocked for months, despite the efforts of the outgoing US President Joe Biden.
—Eugenia Yosef, CNN, 12 Jan. 2025
See all Example Sentences for tunnel 
David Nikel, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
When the Rams emerged from their locker room in uniform for pregame warmups, Verse was the last player out of the tunnel.
—Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2025
Outfalls are pipelines or tunnels that discharge municipal or industrial wastewater, storm water and sewer overflows to a body of water, according to the EPA.
—Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 18 Jan. 2025
Related article Israeli military says hostage found dead in Gaza tunnel, ‘grave concerns’ for second captive
Negotiations have appeared deadlocked for months, despite the efforts of the outgoing US President Joe Biden.
—Eugenia Yosef, CNN, 12 Jan. 2025
See all Example Sentences for tunnel
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tunnel
Noun
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Usually, archaeologists make bombshell discoveries when a trowel hits a skull or other telltale bone in the confines of a cave.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN,
24 Jan. 2025
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Both returned to their old village, both rebuilt their lives, and both lived with the atrocity inside of them until death, retreating back into the caves and sleeping with a saw under their mattress, as if preparing for a resumption of hostilities at any moment.—
Robert Rubsam,
Vulture,
22 Jan. 2025
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Paddle amidst the towering rock formations, the remnants of Virgin Gorda's volcanic past, to discover hidden caverns where waves and sand meet.—
Carley Rojas Avila,
Travel + Leisure,
22 Dec. 2024
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On Sunday’s episode of The Excerpt podcast: Hidden beneath Earth’s surface are caverns and pathways that hold the secrets of our planet’s very beginnings.—
Dana Taylor,
USA TODAY,
10 Dec. 2024
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Now, imagine deciding to build a subway system after the city is already established.—
Gil Dabah,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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Then, some three hours later, according to the police, Mr. Mejia entered the subway station outside his apartment on East 138th Street and stabbed a stranger through his left arm, piercing his chest.—
Michael Wilson,
New York Times,
21 Jan. 2025
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“Tunnel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tunnel. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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