navigable
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Even if the Strait were fully navigable immediately, he added, “it will take months for the oil supply to return to normal.”
From MarketWatch • Jun. 18, 2026
“Nevertheless, even if the Strait of Hormuz becomes navigable again soon, it will take months for the oil supply to return to normal.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 15, 2026
The WSV said it's difficult to say when the river will become fully navigable, as temperatures are expected to drop below freezing point again.
From Barron's • Jan. 19, 2026
Stretching from Alaska to the pencil tip of Argentina, the 48,000km-long Pan-American Highway holds the record for the world's longest road navigable by motor vehicle.
From BBC • Nov. 12, 2025
For a while, Indianapolis was the largest city in the world not on a navigable waterway.”
From "Turtles All the Way Down" by John Green
Vocabulary lists containing navigable
Power Suffix: -able
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