shipping lane
Example Sentences
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For much of the war, some ships carrying oil from Saudi Arabia had instead passed through an alternative shipping lane in the Red Sea, between the kingdom and west Africa.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
“The inbound shipping lane must be entirely under Iran’s control, while part of the outbound lane may remain under Oman’s control,” Gharibabadi said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
According to Kato, it took him a month to make his way back into the shipping lane from California to Hawaii.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
Oil supplies through this shipping lane may already have exceeded ten million barrels a day, according to a US official quoted by the Bloomberg agency.
From Barron's ● Jul. 5, 2026
He asked for good luck, for a respite from the fog; he prayed that the gods would clear the fog away and keep him safe from the freighters in the shipping lane.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
