strait

Example Sentences

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Apaches have been flying low over the strait for maritime patrols and precision strikes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

“This was the worst thing we could come up with. We kind of assumed it was not possible, that the strait was kind of too big to fail,” Halff said.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

But if the strait stays closed, it says each additional month would add roughly $5 a barrel to its third-quarter forecast for oil prices and $15 to its fourth-quarter estimate as inventories decline.

From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026

The United Arab Emirates, which left the oil-exporters group at the end of April, has rerouted some of its oil exports via a pipeline to Fujairah, a port city outside the Hormuz strait.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

Kabuo left his radio on; he wanted to hear about it if a freighter came down the strait and put in a call to the lighthouse.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson