boring machine
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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To get to the boring machine we are driven for an hour in a buggy in the tunnel.
From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2025
Fed up with Los Angeles traffic, Elon Musk launched The Boring Co. with two tweets in 2016, promising “to build a tunnel boring machine and just start digging.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2024
In a separate case, Washington state is still seeking up to $44 million from insurance companies to recover its costs in connection with repair and reinstatement of the tunnel boring machine.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 14, 2022
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
You'll have to knock off the big boring machine anyway.
From A Damaged Reputation by Bindloss, Harold
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