strait

Example Sentences

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Iran has told mediators that under that truce, it would restrict traffic in the strait to around a dozen ships a day and charge a toll for safe passage.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

Traffic through the strait was below 10% of its usual volume Thursday, with only seven ships passing through in a 24-hour period, Reuters reported.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

The closure of the strait has had an impact on the cost of living in the UK with petrol and food prices driven.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

On Wednesday, just five ships passed through the strait, according to S&P Market Intelligence, and only one of those vessels was an oil tanker.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

What’s more, only a handful of Octavian’s ships were needed at the mouth of the strait to keep Mark Antony and Cleopatra’s fleet trapped in the bay.

From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby