passageway

Example Sentences

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Their aim is to deny Tehran control over the strait, a narrow, 21-mile-wide passageway through which a fifth of global energy supplies flows.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026

Current and former officials say they believe the ability of Iran to control the passageway will be blunted as its military assets are diminished.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Iran has also threatened to control or close the Bab al-Mandeb Strait External link, another narrow passageway that controls sea traffic toward the Suez Canal.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

The main focus for traders, he said, is traffic through the crucial maritime passageway, the Strait of Hormuz.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 23, 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