free passage
Example Sentences
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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
From every camp come hymns to the principle of free passage without saying how to uphold it in present circumstances.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
“Everything depends on the strait being open” to the free passage of oil, gas and fertilizer components, he said.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026
Three months later, a Kurdish smuggling gang finally offered Bah and a friend free passage to the UK, if he would agree to steer the boat.
From BBC • Feb. 19, 2024
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
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