as in channels
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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Mesh ballet flats are quietly becoming the shoe of summer, and this pair channels the same open and airy look Gomez wore.—
Jeaneen Russell,
PEOPLE,
1 June 2026 -
Ben Ryé by Donnafugata is a benchmark wine that marries lush apricot and fig richness with laser-bright acidity, while Bukkuram by Marco De Bartoli is a traditionalist's wine that channels the raw intensity of Pantelleria into something almost mythic.—
Paul Caputo,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
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Thomas Marlier, whose recent credits include Secret Sardinia Mysteries of the Nuraghi and Fontainebleau, la vraie demeure des Rois, directs.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
16 June 2026
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Mark Mylod exec produces and directs multiple episodes of the series for HBO in association with Brontë Film and TV and Warner Bros.—
K.J. Yossman,
Variety,
15 June 2026
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The company also currently pipes water to 26 of its own data centers, and is working on more than 100 more such water reclamation projects.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
11 June 2026
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The kitchen also pipes its own spiral sausage using a Calabrian pepper pork sausage from Lottie’s Meats, a Denver business started by sisters Chelsey and Cassie Maschhoff.—
Miguel Otárola,
Denver Post,
14 Jan. 2026
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The Strait funnels both energy and data through a single, vulnerable maritime corridor, as explained in this piece by Stimson, the research center.—
Melissa Hancock,
Fortune,
9 June 2026
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Subcorticalists argue that this happens as the cortex funnels its diffuse electrical signals downward, toward a neural bottleneck in the brain’s nether regions.—
Cody Cottier,
Scientific American,
28 May 2026
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The writing's been etched on the wall with pencil and then pen and then permanent marker, a short nine months away from the then-rookie pacing Denver in carries against the Chiefs in November.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
26 Aug. 2025
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Garden Grove running back Quentin Pacelli rushed for 380 yards and four TDs on 21 carries.—
Michael Huntley,
Oc Register,
26 Aug. 2025
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The trends are estimates, as the CDC no longer conducts rigorous surveillance of cases based on results from lab tests.—
Alice Park,
Time,
24 July 2025
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The United States national security cutter USCGC Munro conducts a gunnery exercise with its gun in the Bering Sea on June 23.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 July 2025
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“Canalizes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/canalizes. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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