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• n  a passage between rooms or between buildings
• n  a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass

• The soldiers finally made a large enough passageway to drag him out.
• It was still a tight squeeze as we inched cautiously along the dank silent passageway, which ran for about 20 feet before turning left and descending in a gradual slant.
• When Chapman reached the passageway on his way off the field.

• passage

News & Articles

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• Mine safety lab creates disasters
  JULIAN, W.Va. -- Orange flames lick at the roof of the coal mine, heat building and visibility dropping as smoke begins to fill the underground passageway. Then, with the push of a few buttons on a hand-held remote, the flames flicker out, the smoke dissipates and the lights come on. The roar of fire is replaced by the trickle of nearby water.
  June 20, 2013 - Erie Times-News
• Lab creates disasters to train coal miners
  Flames lick at the roof of the coal mine, heat building and visibility dropping as smoke begins to fill the underground passageway. Then, with the push of a few buttons on a hand-held remote, the flames flicker out and the lights come on.
  June 20, 2013 - Louisville Courier-Journal
• W.Va. mine safety lab creates disasters to train
  JULIAN, W.Va. (AP) — Orange flames lick at the roof of the coal mine, heat building and visibility dropping as smoke begins to fill the underground passageway. Then, with the push of a few buttons on a hand-held remote, the flames flicker out, the smoke dissipates and the lights come on. The roar of fire is replaced by the trickle of nearby water.
  June 19, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News

Quotes

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• President Bush in Environment News Service
  President Bush told reporters at a press conference after the summit, "We believe it's an international passageway. Having said that, the United States does not question Canadian sovereignty over its Arctic islands, and the United States supports...
• Stephen Harper in Stuff.co.nz
  Canada and the United States have been able to manage these differences, and we think we'll be able to continue to do that,Harper said. "Because there are differences on the Northwest Passage. We believe it's an international passageway."