strait
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As much as 20% of the world’s daily oil needs flowed through the strait before the war started in February.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Despite the talks with Oman, Iran has said that no deal is imminent that would reopen the strait to normal traffic.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
But he insisted that such an agreement did not mean the reopening of the strait.
From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026
The discussions between the two countries bordering the strait have grown more significant in recent days, with both Oman and Iran noting there had been some progress.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Octavian’s position on the north side of the strait gave his army full access to supplies coming from Italy.
From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby
Japan isn’t in the same economic straits as Argentina.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Even if disrupted flows through both straits fall another 4 million barrels a day from current levels, the market can sidestep an acute shortage as long as “demand stays close to today’s depressed levels.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
The draft communique inserts previously unused language targeting "freedom of navigation in and overflight above straits" while separately calling for "unimpeded" passage through the Strait of Hormuz.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
Remember when we all believed that the market would be in dire straits if the megacap tech stocks had a wobble?
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 26, 2026
Sandi's father looked down at his plate, grateful, but also embarrassed to be in such straits and to be so beholden.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
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Physical Geography - Introductory
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