strait
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Many ships have been "going dark" when crossing the strait, meaning they turn off their transponder to avoid detection.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
As much as 20% of the world’s daily oil needs flowed through the strait before the war started in February.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Iran insisted last week that it control at least part of both lanes through the strait, which usually carries 20% of the world’s oil trade.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
On Sunday, Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei told state television that a deal was close with Oman, which sits on the other side of the strait, over a new route through it.
From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026
Mr. Turner concluded: “‘It matters not how strait the gate, how charged with punishments the scroll, I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul.’”
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
Japan isn’t in the same economic straits as Argentina.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Kioxia started life as Toshiba Memory, a pioneering memory chip business that Japanese conglomerate Toshiba, then in dire financial straits, sold off in 2018.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
If you’re not in dire straits financially, keep full ownership of your home.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 29, 2026
Remember when we all believed that the market would be in dire straits if the megacap tech stocks had a wobble?
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 26, 2026
In desperate straits she can make us laugh, with her main talent being radio commercials oozed out in a fabulous fashion-model voice: “Medically tested Odo-ro-no, stops underarm odor and moisture at the source!”
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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Physical Geography - Introductory
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