tunnel

• "But the lights at the end of the tunnel are almost there," she said. —  Planetary Society Daily Almanac
• The blast seemed to come from a densely wooded area near the east end of the Union Pacific railroad tunnel, the resident said, adding that the vehicles of people apparently trespassing in and around the tunnel are a regular sight along the street. —  Local Headlines - Channel 7
• Isn't that better than being dragged through a dark tunnel, boxed up in a stuffy train I agree with you there, at any rate in summer,' said his neighbour, smiling; 'but for all that the tunnel is a grand thing for this country, and it will benefit English folk too, for it will considerably shorten the distance between the Straits of Dover and the Adriatic, and so our Indian mails will go through the Simplon tunnel to Brindisi. —  Chatterbox, 1905.
• As ill-luck would have it, almost the first thing that greeted their eyes when they emerged from the tunnel was the sight of the old Mexican whom Jack had bound and set adrift. —  The Border Boys Across the Frontier
• Not even a tunnel was there blown up to delay the advance of the Germans. —  The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.)

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