shipping lane
Example Sentences
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It was said to have been about the same length as a bus before it began deflating in the world's busiest shipping lane.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
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
Kazem Gharibabadi, Iran’s deputy foreign minister, said Tehran wants the inbound shipping lane entirely under its control.
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
It was better in such conditions to fish Elliot Head, since the head lay far from the shipping lane and well to the lee side of Elliot Island, out of the big water breezes.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
