passageway
Example Sentences
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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
The assumed resumption in the flow of maritime traffic through the passageway was good news for the U.S. stock market and helped ease concerns over a global shortage of oil.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026
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
He was in another long passageway, stretching back under the complex, the way he had come.
From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz
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