Thesaurus results for TUNNELS

tunnels

noun

plural of tunnel

as in caves

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 tunnels Had the trolls toiling in the darkest tunnels of the internet shown up at her actual doorstep? — Literary Hub, 30 June 2026 The Glacier Palace is a frozen wonderland of glittering ice tunnels, intricate sculptures, and even an ice slide. — Alexandra Emanuelli, Travel + Leisure, 28 June 2026 Large vents, openings, and aerodynamic tunnels dominate the rear bodywork, creating a sense of lightness despite the car’s width. — Matthew MacConnell, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026 About two-thirds of the 6,700 feet of 16 inch steel pipe beneath the river and crossing parts of the two parks would run through subterranean tunnels drilled by a high tech boring machine. — Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 29 June 2026 While many burrows are harmless, tunnels located directly beneath patios, steps, retaining walls, or foundations can contribute to erosion and structural concerns over time. — Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 30 June 2026 Welch noted that the skunks immediately began investigating the tunnels, digging, and exploring together. — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 24 June 2026 The stories could be fun deep dives, with longtime SN&R writer Cosmo Garvin exploring the tunnels that were created after Sacramento’s streets were raised in the 1800s. — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 27 June 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

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The Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument contains caves that have been used as shelters by nomadic peoples for thousands of years.

— Josh Laskin, Travel + Leisure, 3 July 2026
The researchers successfully recovered ancient human DNA in samples taken from five of the 11 caves.

— Tom Metcalfe, Scientific American, 2 July 2026

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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
While the lake is said to have been discovered in 1905 by a 13-year-old boy named Ben Sands, the surrounding caverns were used by the Cherokee long ago—20,000-year-old jaguar tracks have also been found there.

— Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 29 June 2026

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