trickle
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While investors hoped that shipping would return to normal at the Strait of Hormuz, traffic there remained a trickle.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
While the price of oil has fallen on news of the ceasefire, shipping analysts are warning to expect only a trickle of crossings for now.
From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026
Gasoline prices shot up fast as fighting raged in Iran and shipping through a waterway vital to the world’s oil supply slowed to a trickle.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026
The vital waterway moves 20% of the global oil supply, and shipping has slowed to a trickle since the conflict began, boosting global oil prices.
From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026
On nights when a single wandering soul arrived at the cottage, that river she was describing felt like a swift trickle; and more important, it only moved in one direction.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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