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strait

[streyt] / streɪt /


NOUN
water channel
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After Friday’s euphoria drove stock indexes to new highs when it was announced the strait was open, things look rather messier on Monday.

From Barron's • Apr. 20, 2026

Now that the strait is effectively shut again, disruptions to the global supply of oil are likely to persist.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 20, 2026

On Saturday Iran’s military said the strait was closed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

“It is clear that it is not going to be easy to get energy markets back to pre-war operations once the strait is fully open,” the analysts add.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

He drank what water he had left in the sealskin pouch, and steered around the westernmost headland until he came into a wide strait between it and a second island lying to the west.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin




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