Thesaurus results for CRAWLWAY

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

Rescuers are still working to search and rescue any potential survivors trapped in a hydropower tunnel in the Rasuwa district.

— Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 2 Sep. 2026
Smooth plaster tunnels extending from the gallery edges lead you, like portals to another world, to three respite-providing viewing points.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of tunnel

Noun

Israeli police recently stumbled on an ancient burial cave in an unlikely place while carrying out an operation in Jerusalem.

— Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Researchers have developed cyborg cockroaches that could help deliver emergency medical care to people trapped in collapsed buildings, caves, and other dangerous locations.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of cave

Noun

This cushion is required at the very top of the caverns to keep the extraction pipes safely submerged in oil rather than the underlying water.

— Siddharth Misra, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026
The oil in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) is stored at 60 salt caverns thousands of feet underground at four major sites along the Gulf Coast in Louisiana and Texas.

— Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of cavern

Noun

Thanks to its central location connecting the PATH train, 12 subway lines, the 9/11 Memorial, and One World Trade Center, the mall gets 60 million visits a year from commuters, tourists, office workers, and nearby residents.

— Anne Kadet, Curbed, 24 Aug. 2026
Social media put the storm’s effects on display, with videos of floodwaters leaving cars stranded on highways, stormwater runoff erupting onto city streets and waterfalls cascading onto the subway tracks at Penn Station.

— Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 21 Aug. 2026

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