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

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

Iran has effectively paralyzed the Strait of Hormuz, a passageway where a fifth of global oil supplies usually transits.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026

Meanwhile the U.S. backtracked from a claim that it’s helped tankers go through the contested passageway.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 11, 2026

Elliot asked the question again, and I pointed down the passageway.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin