strait
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Sitting on Iran's southern coast, close to the narrowest point of the strait, it is home to Iran's Navy and the naval arm of the IRGC.
From BBC • Jul. 2, 2026
In other words, the market found ways to deal with shipping disruptions in the strait during the war.
From MarketWatch • Jul. 2, 2026
The terms of how the strait is managed is left to negotiations.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 2, 2026
One of them, Abdol Rahman, took the BBC through the strait for a close-up view of how the war has affected life in and around Bandar Abbas.
From BBC • Jul. 2, 2026
Using glottochronology he estimated that the ancestors of Aleuts had crossed the strait around 2000 b.c. and that the ancestors of Na-Dene had made the journey around 7000 B.C.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
Vocabulary lists containing strait
Physical Geography - Introductory
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Physical Geography - Middle School
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Physical Geography - High School
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