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strait

[streyt] / streɪt /


NOUN
water channel
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Let’s hope that lesson won’t have to be relearned if the strait isn’t reopened soon.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

If the strait remains mostly closed, the draining of inventories will likely send prices back up over the next few months, straining the world economy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

The strait is the most critical energy transit chokepoint in the world, with about 20% of the global oil flows passing through the narrow waterway that borders Iran.

From MarketWatch • May 30, 2026

It takes around five minutes to cross a narrow strait between the two islands to reach Ulva via the foot passenger-only ferry.

From BBC • May 30, 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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