passageway

Example Sentences

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It’s a single narrow passageway that hugs the coast of Oman, according to the Defense Department.

From MarketWatch • May 5, 2026

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

He has been under pressure from allies who are most acutely feeling Iran’s choking off the passageway that handles about 20% of the world’s oil supply.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

Many of the ships currently moving through the 104-mile-long passageway are so-called “shadow fleet External link” vessels.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

As he had hoped, he was looking out into the unfinished passageway where he had been surprised by Nadia Vole.

From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz