strait

Example Sentences

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The LNG shipowner has repeatedly told the crew to cross the strait, the seafarer said, but the captain and other crew members have all refused.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

Energy Information Administration, about one-fifth of global petroleum liquids trade passes through the strait, which has been effectively closed since early in the war.

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

Shipping analysts said it was the first vessel owned by a major Western European firm to go through the strait since the conflict began on 28 February.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

Speaking of that strait, Iran has decided that it would like to keep it.

From Slate • Apr. 4, 2026

If Andhra Pradesh, just north of us, was alien, if Sri Lanka, a monkey’s hop across a strait, was the dark side of the moon, imagine what Canada was.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel