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Example Sentences
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The channel is crucial for India as roughly 40-50% of its crude oil imports come through the strait.
From BBC
Japan, which depends on the Middle East for 95 percent of its oil imports, lowered the official level of its reserves on Monday, compelling managers to release part of their stockpile.
From Barron's
The UN's International Labour Organisation has suggested there will be a shortage of 8.7 million workers when it comes to reconstruction, and some business leaders have suggested the answer is to import workers from abroad.
From BBC
"But disguising palm oil as waste products like POME... has been far too easy for suppliers and traders. Verification and certification of these imports is clearly failing," Delaney said.
From Barron's
War-related disruptions strike directly at China’s energy security: As much as 45% of China’s oil imports pass through the Strait of Hormuz.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
