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strait

[streyt] / streɪt /


NOUN
water channel
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Two crew members of a US army helicopter that crashed near the Strait of Hormuz on Monday were rescued by an American sea drone, US officials have told CBS News, the BBC's media partner.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

A resumption of LNG exports through the Strait of Hormuz could soften coal prices, says Oh.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Experts point at three main reasons for the steady prices but caution that a reckoning is not too far as the Strait of Hormuz remains at a standstill.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

The fact the Strait of Hormuz, the crucial oil shipping route, remains effectively closed, and the path to AI profitably remains similarly hard to traverse, seem like subjects for another day.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

We sailed from Madras across the Bay of Bengal, down through the Strait of Malacca, around Singapore and up to Manila.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel




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