free passage
Example Sentences
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For decades vessels have been given free passage through the strait, through which more than a fifth of the world's oil and gas supplies as well as fertiliser shipments and other vital goods flow.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
A final deal should proscribe all tolls, mines and forced routes, restoring unrestricted free passage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026
Charging a toll was "against the whole idea of international laws and free passage through international waterways", he said.
From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2026
“Everything depends on the strait being open” to the free passage of oil, gas and fertilizer components, he said.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 31, 2026
The Germans had demanded free passage through neutral Belgium in order to attack France.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
