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
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
Dire straits at present emphasize the fragility of global supply chains, with extremely negative implications for inflation in a deglobalized world.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 21, 2026
They raced through icy straits, past blue fjords and cliffs with waterfalls spilling into the sea.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
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