strait
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“However, with stocks drawing rapidly, if the strait remains closed, at some point prices will need to move much higher: the clock is ticking.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
The strait was previously the conduit for about one-fifth of the world’s output of crude and crude-oil products.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026
Before the conflict, about one-third of the world’s fertilizer trade moved through the strait.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026
Nine days later, Islam tried again as Iran said the strait would be "completely open" for all commercial vessels in line with the ceasefire.
From BBC • Jun. 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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