free passage
Example Sentences
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Giving ships free passage through the Gulf waterway is "essential to ease cost-of-living pressures on British families", Miliband said as he headed to Washington.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
For decades vessels have been given free passage through the strait, through which more than a fifth of the world's oil and gas supplies as well as fertiliser shipments and other vital goods flow.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
This aimed to cut off Iran’s oil revenue and compel it to meet demands for free passage through the strait and concessions on its nuclear program.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026
Under international maritime law, you have free passage to go through the Strait of Hormuz, but that is now being tested.
From Barron's ● Apr. 22, 2026
The Germans had demanded free passage through neutral Belgium in order to attack France.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
