as in caves
a passage that goes under the ground, through a hill, etc.
The train goes through a tunnel in the mountain. The moles dug tunnels in the yard.
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Recent Examples of tunnels
An Israeli military official, speaking on condition of anonymity under military guidelines, told The Associated Press that about 2,000 to 3,000 Hamas militants remain in Gaza City, along with a network of tunnels.
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Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 16 Sep. 2025
In Antioch’s version, the tunnels stand for Chinese ingenuity and survival.
—Beth Lew-Williams, New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2025
The Boring Company has recently begun testing self-driving Tesla vehicles, with safety drivers, in the tunnels below the Convention Center.
—Jason Del Rey, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2025
As patrons move through the car wash tunnels, the creepiness ensues.
—Charlie Vargas, Oc Register, 12 Sep. 2025
Those weapons will undergo testing to evaluate their performance against underground facilities, tunnels, and other hardened sites.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2025
Much of that money is flowing into the Northeast Corridor to repair ageing tunnels and bridges, with some funds set aside to restore services to cities long abandoned by passenger rail.
—Ben Jones, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
The Glacier Palace is a frozen wonderland of glittering ice tunnels, intricate sculptures, and even an ice slide.
—Alexandra Emanuelli, Travel + Leisure, 6 Sep. 2025
Down labyrinthine tunnels of pages, of words, of self.
—Leila Chatti
september 5, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 16 Sep. 2025
In Antioch’s version, the tunnels stand for Chinese ingenuity and survival.
—Beth Lew-Williams, New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2025
The Boring Company has recently begun testing self-driving Tesla vehicles, with safety drivers, in the tunnels below the Convention Center.
—Jason Del Rey, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2025
As patrons move through the car wash tunnels, the creepiness ensues.
—Charlie Vargas, Oc Register, 12 Sep. 2025
Those weapons will undergo testing to evaluate their performance against underground facilities, tunnels, and other hardened sites.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2025
Much of that money is flowing into the Northeast Corridor to repair ageing tunnels and bridges, with some funds set aside to restore services to cities long abandoned by passenger rail.
—Ben Jones, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
The Glacier Palace is a frozen wonderland of glittering ice tunnels, intricate sculptures, and even an ice slide.
—Alexandra Emanuelli, Travel + Leisure, 6 Sep. 2025
Down labyrinthine tunnels of pages, of words, of self.
—Leila Chatti
september 5, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tunnels
Noun
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The region in New South Wales is renowned for its rivers, peaks, glacial lakes and caves.—
Sam Gillette,
PEOPLE,
15 Sep. 2025
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Fuhrich wasn’t the only hero of the caves, historian Johannes Mattes explains.—
Danny Robb,
JSTOR Daily,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Riley Moss was the sociable hermit in the caverns of Iowa’s practice facility.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
12 Sep. 2025
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Vanuatu’s dive options range from coral reef and dramatic caverns to legendary World War II ship and plane wrecks like Million Dollar Point and the SS President Coolidge, a troopship sunk by mines in 1942 that can be explored with Aore Adventures in Espiritu Santo.—
Terry Ward,
AFAR Media,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Tunnels.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tunnels. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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