passage

Example Sentences

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This matters because few alternatives exist for the oil-rich Middle East region to keep crude flowing to global markets without safe passage through the crucial Strait of Hormuz.

From MarketWatch

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has warned vessels that “passage through the strait is currently unsafe,” said Tasnim, an Iranian state-news agency.

From The Wall Street Journal

Consider this passage from a recent New York Review essay by former Obama national security official Ben Rhodes.

From Salon

Several news reports Saturday indicated that passage through the Strait of Hormuz has been curtailed.

From MarketWatch

The waterway is a crucial maritime passage for crude transport that connects the Persian Gulf with the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Seas.

From MarketWatch