passageway

Example Sentences

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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

I had been travelling alone and was checking my route home in a passageway, when suddenly I felt someone looming over me.

From BBC • Nov. 14, 2025

“What is all this stuff?” said Kyle, looking for a passageway, trying to figure out how to get to wherever Haley was.

From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein