straits
Example Sentences
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History serves as a stern reminder that key straits have always been used for leverage.
From Barron's • May 22, 2026
Investors had been fleeing BuzzFeed’s stock as the once-popular media outlet found itself in deeper financial straits.
From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026
The airlines emphasized Spirit’s dire financial straits, but the judge found that that distress didn’t meet a rigorous “failing firm” threshold that would’ve triggered friendlier antitrust treatment.
From Slate • May 5, 2026
Staging a Shakespeare tragedy with just four actors sounds like a potentially comic stunt or an unfortunate advertisement of dire economic straits, in either case a radical diminishment of the play.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026
In desperate straits she can make us laugh, with her main talent being radio commercials oozed out in a fabulous fashion-model voice: “Medically tested Odo-ro-no, stops underarm odor and moisture at the source!”
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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