trade route
Example Sentences
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As restrictions remain on the vital trade route, Americans are beginning to see financial impacts beyond the gas pump.
From Salon • Apr. 10, 2026
Shipping traffic remains throttled in the Strait of Hormuz, a trade route off Iran’s coast that fully a third of the world’s seagoing oil exports traverse in a normal year.
From Slate • Mar. 11, 2026
Vance's trip to Yerevan and Baku seeks to advance US-backed regional connectivity -- including a trade route bypassing Georgia -- and peace efforts, highlighting Tbilisi's growing diplomatic isolation from its traditional Western partners.
From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026
El Paso, which means “the pass,” got its name from Spanish explorers who arrived in the late 16th century and established a trade route here leading from Mexico City to Santa Fe.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 27, 2025
Particularly important, the Teotihuacan-backed dynasty took over several outposts on the Usumacinta River system, Yucatan’s most important trade route.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
