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passageway

[pas-ij-way] / ˈpæs ɪdʒˌweɪ /


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The 1,200-square-foot Ship Wreck House has three decks and pirate details, such as a water cannon and secret passageway leading to a treasure-themed chamber with a skeleton and a chest of doubloons.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

Prabowo said on Monday that Indonesia and Singapore "have an interest in keeping the Strait of Malacca as a free passageway".

From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026

The passageway is accessed using a “sophisticated hydraulic lift” and extends from Otay Mesa, underneath the U.S.-Mexico border and into Tijuana.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026

Reports say the deal could allow "unrestricted" passage through the Strait of Hormuz, and that Iran would have 30 days to remove mines from the narrow shipping passageway.

From BBC ● May 28, 2026

We walked through a stone passageway and into a covered corridor whose stone was the color of ripe wheat.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

They are like passageways through time, or perhaps beyond it, where Blackness is the default and love has many homes, each image a threshold of possibility and reclamation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

Readers accompany Muratov as he explores museums and chapels, squares and passageways in Italian cities both large and small.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

The move could bring some barrels back into circulation relatively quickly as one of the world’s major maritime passageways, the Strait of Hormuz, remains effectively shut.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 13, 2026

Code 22-1307, which prohibits individuals from crowding or obstructing streets, sidewalks, building entrances, or other passageways, and D.C.

From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2025

The carriages snake through the narrow passageways as they enter the Garden Quartier.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton


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