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Example Sentences

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The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has benefited American fertilizer producers, which investors are betting will gain market share while competition in the Middle East struggles to get their output to market.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

But while the remarks from the two leaders provided hope for an end to the month-long crisis, crude prices jumped on lingering worries about the closure of the strategic Strait of Hormuz.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

In 2009, he told me, he worked on a graduate research project on exactly that chokepoint: how critical it was, how catastrophic its closure would be for the global economy.

From Slate • Apr. 1, 2026

She said the closure of shops was a "massive shame", adding: "They might have lost quite a lot of money from that. A lot of the staff are very frightened."

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

I’d broken into her house looking for closure, and I think she came to mine looking for the same.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson