passageway

Example Sentences

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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

We began the much-needed East Side Access project and rebuilt the Penn 33rd Street Corridor, the main passageway inside the station to the Long Island Rail Road, making that section brighter and more spacious.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 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

Current and former officials say they believe the ability of Iran to control the passageway will be blunted as its military assets are diminished.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

A little way in, the passageway curved to the left, and Harry saw that it extended far into the cliff.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling