passageway

Example Sentences

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Reports say the deal could allow "unrestricted" passage through the Strait of Hormuz, and that Iran would have 30 days to remove mines from the narrow shipping passageway.

From BBC • May 28, 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

We began the much-needed East Side Access project and rebuilt the Penn 33rd Street Corridor, the main passageway inside the station to the Long Island Rail Road, making that section brighter and more spacious.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 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

We walked through a stone passageway and into a covered corridor whose stone was the color of ripe wheat.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover