passageway

Example Sentences

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Iran blocked two Chinese tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial passageway for 20% of the world’s oil, highlighting its control.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

A closure of the passageway might prove difficult, but significant disruption and heightened risks would have a major impact on regional trade as well as international oil prices, the Oxford Analytica report said.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 27, 2026

It developed a state-of-the-art oceanic passageway that helped transform global shipping as supertankers and containerships grew bigger and bigger.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 13, 2026

I had been travelling alone and was checking my route home in a passageway, when suddenly I felt someone looming over me.

From BBC • Nov. 14, 2025

We walked through a stone passageway and into a covered corridor whose stone was the color of ripe wheat.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover