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strait

[streyt] / streɪt /


NOUN
water channel
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He said the operation had secured the passage of more than 100 million barrels of oil through the strait since it began.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Apaches have been flying low over the strait for maritime patrols and precision strikes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

“We assume the strait will reopen around the end of July and expect Brent to fall sharply from the high March-July levels,” Fitch says in a note.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

If the strait stays closed, however, each additional month would add roughly $5 a barrel to the bank’s third-quarter forecast for oil prices and $15 to its fourth-quarter estimate as inventories decline.

From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026

She’d come down the strait plotting soundings as she went, but the pilot would not put his faith in this, and at 0126 hours that morning, in heavy fog, had radioed the lighthouse for assistance.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson




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