conduit
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Their most severe scenario was the current Hormuz reality, whereby the strait, the former conduit of about a fifth of the world’s crude and crude products, essentially closed.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026
It appears companies are sending their barrels up the Colonial Pipeline, a major conduit that transports about 45% of all fuel consumed on the East Coast, he said.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026
If the Strait of Hormuz, the conduit for one-fifth of the world’s supply of crude oil, is officially reopened?
From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026
The sinking has damaged part of the Friant-Kern Canal, a major water conduit for farms, reducing its carrying capacity and requiring $326 million in repairs.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
The National Research Council, which had been founded in 1916 as a conduit of government funds to academic institutions but had been hobbled by political infighting and academic mistrust, became revivified in the postwar years.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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