as in directed
to cause to move to a central point or along a restricted pathway
the director of the charity should be canalizing the flow of donations so that the money ends up where it is most needed
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After Agostina's death, protesters directed anger at local law enforcement, setting tires alight in the streets of Cordoba.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 June 2026 -
The dark romance horror was directed by Curry Barker, a 26-year-old with a background in YouTube sketch comedy.—
Cerys Davies,
Los Angeles Times,
3 June 2026
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But with money easily converted to digital currency and channeled overseas, federal agents are at a disadvantage.—
Laura Geller,
CBS News,
1 June 2026
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Mubadala’s private credit portfolio alone totals $20 billion channeled through those same five firms.—
Mayra Rodriguez Valladares,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2026
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Public records show the organization has funneled nearly $21 million to other nonprofits organizations, most of which are left-of-center.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
31 May 2026
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This year, the effort was funneled through Humble Design San Diego — a nonprofit that supports people who recently secured housing after being homeless — and the students expected to donate 40 pieces.—
Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 May 2026
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His new doctrine fueled a decades-long war – one that ultimately carried the communist movement to victory and state power in Beijing in 1949.—
Dhruv Tikekar,
CNN Money,
30 May 2026
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The Rockies’ Kyle Karros hit an opposite-field line drive that carried to the right-field warning track, but Lee tracked down the potential extra-base hit on the run, then crashed into the chain-link portion of the fence.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
30 May 2026
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Sport mode also delivered a good amount of sound piped into the cabin, including entertaining turbo noises to accompany its hearty torque-shove Again, with the least amount of horsepower on tap.—
Peter Nelson,
Robb Report,
27 May 2026
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Out back, a small sewage-treatment plant converts bodily waste from two flanking portable toilets into purified water, which is piped into a large tank in which yet another unclothed woman, wearing a scuba mouthpiece, floats for four hours at a time.—
Sebastian Smee,
The Atlantic,
16 May 2026
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Both passengers have agreed and are required to remain at their residences, have no contact with other people, and participate in daily monitoring activities conducted by local health officials.—
Brenda Goodman,
CNN Money,
2 June 2026
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The tunnel was discovered through intelligence work conducted by agents with the FGR's Criminal Investigation Agency in coordination with Mexico's Security Cabinet.—
Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
2 June 2026
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“Canalized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/canalized. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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