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crawlway

noun

Definition of crawlway

as in tunnel

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Recent Examples of crawlway The roughly four-mile crawlway is constructed with a specialized type of river rock, designed to hold up to 22 million pounds. — Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 17 Mar. 2022

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Noun

First, there was the wrist pain, which was originally misdiagnosed as carpal tunnel and other joint pain to injuries from an accident years earlier.

— Emily Cegielski, Flow Space, 29 July 2026
The tunnels add both a challenge for the film not to become repetitive as well as a creative point that allows for moments that elevate the danger and the risks the group have to take.

— Sabrina Reed, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026

Definition of tunnel

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Just like in the darnkess cave, the snarling machine gun of thoughts—unanswered emails, to-dos, and angst about my 17 year old’s plans to travel the world alone—slowly fell silent.

— Tim Neville, Travel + Leisure, 20 July 2026
Only a cyclops living in a cave could possibly be surprised by this news.

— Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 19 July 2026

Definition of cave

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There was always a descent into the noticeably cooler stone caverns where the wine is aged underground.

— Kyle Lucia Wu, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 July 2026
Highlights include the 30-foot Great Falls, which is below a historic 19th-century cotton mill, and Twin Falls, which emerges from a cavern into the Caney Fork River.

— Korrin Bishop, Southern Living, 18 July 2026

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