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[turm] / tɜrm /






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"Longer term, paying fees to travel through the Strait of Hormuz would be like paying fees to use the English Channel," he added.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

Longer term, Tehran might find it might not have as much time as it likes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

Torero warned the bottleneck in marine traffic since the conflict began on February 28 meant even if Hormuz were to reopen immediately "infrastructure damage is not fully reversible in the short term."

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

The term "lead-halide perovskites" refers to a group of compounds first identified in the 1970s.

From Science Daily • Apr. 10, 2026

The second section of this first draft that Washington sent to Hamilton focused on the foreign policy issues that had dominated his second term.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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