passageway
Example Sentences
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Iran blocked two Chinese tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial passageway for 20% of the world’s oil, highlighting its control.
From Barron's
The main focus for traders, he said, is traffic through the crucial maritime passageway, the Strait of Hormuz.
From MarketWatch
Iran has effectively paralyzed the Strait of Hormuz, a passageway where a fifth of global oil supplies usually transits.
We were not heading toward the outside entrance at all, but deeper into the maze of prison passageways.
From Literature
The Strait of Hormuz has been a critical trading entrepôt for centuries, a passageway between the Persian and Oman gulfs.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
