strait

Example Sentences

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Iran is charging tolls of up to $2 million per ship as limited traffic starts to move through the strait.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

Traffic through the strait was below 10% of its usual volume Thursday, with only seven ships passing through in a 24-hour period, Reuters reported.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

The closure of the strait has had an impact on the cost of living in the UK with petrol and food prices driven.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

On Wednesday, just five ships passed through the strait, according to S&P Market Intelligence, and only one of those vessels was an oil tanker.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

How could two such different cultural universes maintain themselves across a calm strait only 10 miles wide and routinely traversed by canoes?

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond