traffic
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Saudi Arabia has also positioned itself as a key supply hub at the heart of the Gulf region, as its airspace remains open and maritime traffic to its Red Sea ports continues.
From Barron's
Prices had already risen sharply in recent weeks after Iran said it would close the Strait of Hormuz — the main transport route for oil tankers out of the Persian Gulf — to most traffic.
From MarketWatch
Researchers looked at problem behaviour such as a fear of traffic or loud noises, separation-related issues or excitability.
From BBC
Iran has essentially closed the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow waterway through which about 20% of the world’s oil flows, with attacks on commercial traffic.
The astronomical clock in any case was so jarred and jiggled by the constant rattle of automobile traffic in the narrow street outside that it was no longer the precision instrument it had been.
From Literature
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