as an alternative
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The Houthis have been cementing their hold on the Bab Al-Mandab strait, a vital shipping corridor linking Europe and Asia that has been used as an alternative to Hormuz.
From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026
Brown hopes councils will take up the idea as an alternative to poorly attended consultations.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
At that time, Wegovy was largely viewed as an alternative to stomach-shrinking bariatric surgery, which was then the only way to medically lose more than 10% of your body weight.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
He’s positioning Bond as an alternative to NetJets and Flexjet, decades-old companies that popularized fractional jet ownership.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
As early as 1682, William Penn’s colonial government experimented with incarceration as an alternative to corporal and capital punishment.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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