funneled

variants also funnelled
past tense of funnel
as in directed
to cause to move to a central point or along a restricted pathway funneled endless time and money into his misguided pet project

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Recent Examples of funneled Since June's election, Super PACs associated with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee have funneled more than $5 million into the East Bay race on ads supporting Hernandez, according to Politico. Noe Padilla, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2026 Federal investigators are probing whether insurance firms owned by Walter improperly funnelled money to other companies of his. Antonio Pequeño Iv, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026 Instead, Beijing rolled out a roughly $586 billion stimulus—equivalent to around 12 percent of China’s GDP in 2008—funneled almost entirely into infrastructure and construction. Michael B. G. Froman, Foreign Affairs, 13 Aug. 2026 McDonnell had saddled up to Banc of California and funneled a portion of her new $15 million loan to keep the other bank at bay. Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 11 Aug. 2026 Since 2019, the state has funneled more than $1 billion into public schools through the Student Opportunity Act, which aimed to increase aid to districts with the highest need. Cameron Pugh, Christian Science Monitor, 10 Aug. 2026 The city’s manufacturing ecosystem depends on rough stones sourced from around the world, processed by tens of thousands of workers, and funneled into global markets through trading networks centered in Mumbai. Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2026 In addition to United Democracy Project, a Times analysis identified five smaller super PACs that AIPAC has funneled roughly $22 million into since 2022. Jennifer Medina, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026 Even if an individual did not own shares directly tied to the transatlantic slave trade, the capital generated by the practice was funneled into various pillars of European society, embedded in architecture, statutes, and schools. Literary Hub, 27 July 2026
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  • Caroline Norris is series producer, Gemma O’Shaughnessy is producer and the series is directed by Addison and Neasa Hardiman.
    Alex Ritman, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Robert Moresco‘s directed the film from a script by Amanda Moresco and Stefano Torrisi.
    Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 26 Aug. 2026
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  • Material that isn't consumed by these feasting cosmic titans is channeled to the poles of the black holes, from where it is blasted out as plasma jets.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Earlier this year, Lovato channeled her inner Brat at the Los Angeles premiere of Charli XCX’s The Moment.
    Hannah Malach, InStyle, 19 Aug. 2026
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  • Norman carried his district and the upstate, where the Grahams were raised and where conservative voters had been most critical of the late senator.
    David Weigel, semafor.com, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Ukraine resumed drone attacks on Moscow overnight into Wednesday morning, the city's Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said, hours after the departure of the plane that carried CIA Director John Ratcliffe to Moscow for an unannounced visit on Tuesday morning.
    David Brennan, ABC News, 26 Aug. 2026
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  • Edwards said no officers have been put on leave, but an review is conducted after every pursuit.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Aug. 2026
  • And the latest poll, conducted by the Institute of Governmental Studies at UC Berkeley, found 48% of likely voters support it, 41% oppose it and 11% are undecided.
    Dan Walters, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2026
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  • This year alone, $5 billion in taxpayer funds will be siphoned away from public schools to prop up Florida’s unaccountable voucher program, diverting dollars from the more than 80% of children who attend public schools.
    Andrew Spar, Sun Sentinel, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Police said Cedillos-Campos had siphoned gas from his motorcycle and put it in a water bottle ahead of time.
    Holly Yan, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026
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  • The collection also includes a special Poké Ball Doughnut — glazed and dipped in vanilla icing, topped with red sprinkles and piped with chocolate icing.
    Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Then the researchers piped apple cider vinegar into that airstream, switching it on and off depending on the fly’s position on this virtual field.
    Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 1 Aug. 2026

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“Funneled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/funneled. Accessed 29 Aug. 2026.

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