Example Sentences

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After more than a decade underground, they will tunnel through the soil and up to the treetops to spend the remainder of their lives loudly buzzing for a mate.

From New York Times • May 8, 2024

It will tunnel uphill all the way, so that wastewater will ultimately flow downhill, from Wallingford toward Ballard, where it will be pumped to the West Point Treatment Plant in Magnolia.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 27, 2021

Dominion Energy’s facility is integral to the 600-mile Atlantic Coast Pipeline, which will tunnel under the nearby James River and march across the county.

From Washington Post • Aug. 18, 2018

It will tunnel 1,400 miles under eight states and 20 rivers and surmount the rolling Alleghenies.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then Carter will have word and he will tunnel out to meet him.

From The Southern Cross A Play in Four Acts by Daingerfield, Foxhall