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Mr. Branson, who owns 75% of Virgin Orbit, had funneled $55 million into the company in recent months, according to technology news site TechCrunch.

From Washington Times • Mar. 31, 2023

He revealed how he allegedly had funneled at least $180,000 in payoffs to the county assessor’s staff 13 years ago, enlightening prosecutors to details of which prosecutors had been unaware, the records show.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 13, 2023

But the state’s leaders had funneled federal relief into temporary raises, and Natachu’s pay had risen to $15 an hour.

From Washington Post • Nov. 10, 2022

In August 1940, Congress created the Defense Plant Corporation, which had built 344 plants in the West by 1945, and had funneled over $1.8 billion into the economies of western states.

From Textbooks • Dec. 30, 2014

Five hundred thousand depositors had funneled $2 billion into his sixteen banks and had been promised 15 percent interest on their money.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady