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passageway

[pas-ij-wey] / ˈpæs ɪdʒˌweɪ /


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The 1,200-square-foot Ship Wreck House has three decks and pirate details, such as a water cannon and secret passageway leading to a treasure-themed chamber with a skeleton and a chest of doubloons.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

Prabowo said on Monday that Indonesia and Singapore "have an interest in keeping the Strait of Malacca as a free passageway".

From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026

A limited number of ships can cross a northern passageway with the permission of Iranian authorities, he said.

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026

However, the scale and sophistication of the passageway discovered under the Buy 4 Less was particularly notable, prosecutors said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026

Then we were rolling off down the passageway.

From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck

They are like passageways through time, or perhaps beyond it, where Blackness is the default and love has many homes, each image a threshold of possibility and reclamation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

The vessels’ passageways and sleeping quarters are narrow and claustrophobic.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026

The move could bring some barrels back into circulation relatively quickly as one of the world’s major maritime passageways, the Strait of Hormuz, remains effectively shut.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 13, 2026

Code 22-1307, which prohibits individuals from crowding or obstructing streets, sidewalks, building entrances, or other passageways, and D.C.

From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2025

Just about every ninth, tenth, and eleventh grader from Octavia Butler High was running around the backyard or exploring the winding passageways of the house.

From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older




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