Thesaurus results for TUNNEL

tunnel

noun

Definition of tunnel

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 But none of that has happened, and Hamas rejected a new disarmament proposal in March that would force it to give up its tunnel network as well as rockets, heavy munitions, explosive devices and assault rifles before any Israel withdrawal. — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026 The strategy process evaluated a wide range of proposals, including linear electron-positron colliders, muon colliders, electron-proton facilities, and reuse of the existing LHC tunnel. — Florencia Canelli, Scientific American, 1 July 2026 Weeks after overflows from Atlanta’s sewer tunnels contributed to the deaths of thousands of fish on the Chattahoochee River, the city’s Department of Watershed Management says its investigating another fish kill on a different river. — Drew Kann, AJC.com, 1 July 2026 The 17-mile (27 km) long proton-smashing tunnel, running 300 feet (100 m) below the ground near the Swiss-French border, is at the heart of the physics research conducted by the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN). — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 29 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for tunnel

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Jade and Tabitha were trapped below in the bone cave at the end of last week’s episode.

— Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
Located on the outskirts of a town called Fureidis in northern Israel, the cave was due to be affected by construction work when archaeologists decided to investigate it.

— Jack Guy, CNN Money, 29 June 2026

Definition of cave

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Paul walks the cavern’s polished concrete floor, absorbs its hum, grazes its plastic surfaces with his fingertips.

— Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026
Dragonstone is the windswept ancestral seat of House Targaryen, but the Black Queen did not grow up playing among its dusky caverns.

— Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 29 June 2026

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