strait
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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
In normal times, 20% of the world’s oil—or around 20 million barrels per day—is transported out of the Persian Gulf through the strait.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
Their most severe scenario was the current Hormuz reality, whereby the strait, the former conduit of about a fifth of the world’s crude and crude products, essentially closed.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026
When Sir Francis Drake first navigated through this perilous strait in 1578, it took him sixteen days and cost him four of his ships.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
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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