boring machine
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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"There were tall mounds of mud and soft soil. The boring machine that was being used by the workers lay upside down, blocking all passage beyond."
From BBC • Feb. 25, 2025
This round metal device, a custom-made tunnel boring machine that’s decorated with colorful handprints, was lowered into a 138-foot shaft weeks ago and is now preparing to dig a two-mile sewer tunnel in Alexandria.
From Washington Post • Sep. 12, 2022
To drill Seattle’s soft glacial soils, contractors chose an “earth-pressure balance” boring machine, which pushes forward at a pace that’s calibrated to match dirt flowing out the rear end.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 28, 2021
It was one of the nation’s most ambitious urban tunneling projects, but also became known for a breakdown in the tunnel boring machine that caused a long delay.
From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2021
As soon as a barrel is taken from the boring machine it is put through a test, to determine whether it is correct in size to the one-half of one-thousandth of an inch in diameter.
From The Boy With the U.S. Census by Rolt-Wheeler, Francis
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