passageway

Example Sentences

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Reports say the deal could allow "unrestricted" passage through the Strait of Hormuz, and that Iran would have 30 days to remove mines from the narrow shipping passageway.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

Their aim is to deny Tehran control over the strait, a narrow, 21-mile-wide passageway through which a fifth of global energy supplies flows.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026

The assumed resumption in the flow of maritime traffic through the passageway was good news for the U.S. stock market and helped ease concerns over a global shortage of oil.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026

Many of the ships currently moving through the 104-mile-long passageway are so-called “shadow fleet External link” vessels.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

Past the clock where semi-bad kids're made to stand, past the secretary's office where form captains fetch the registers, past the storeroom, a long passageway leads to the staff room.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell