strait
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"They're typically used for detecting mines or surveillance, but the Navy is still experimenting with the fleet in the strait to see what it can do."
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026
The post doesn’t specify the exact volumes that have gotten out, but says more than 200 commercial ships have transited the strait.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
He said the operation had secured the passage of more than 100 million barrels of oil through the strait since it began.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
Even if the strait reopens this month, the International Energy Agency expects the oil market to be short of barrels until the fourth quarter of this year.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
What’s more, only a handful of Octavian’s ships were needed at the mouth of the strait to keep Mark Antony and Cleopatra’s fleet trapped in the bay.
From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby
Vocabulary lists containing strait
Physical Geography - Introductory
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Physical Geography - Middle School
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Physical Geography - High School
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