traverse
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A skeptic could find plenty cause for gloom: Oil tankers still can’t freely traverse the Strait of Hormuz.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026
It’s too soon to tell if ships are actually planning to traverse the strait, which has seen very little traffic since the start of the war in late February.
From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026
Reports say this careful selection of judges, representing different genders, religions, castes and regions, will help "lend wider legitimacy to a verdict that will inevitably traverse contested terrain".
From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026
Shipping traffic remains throttled in the Strait of Hormuz, a trade route off Iran’s coast that fully a third of the world’s seagoing oil exports traverse in a normal year.
From Slate • Mar. 11, 2026
Fish, sharks, eels, and other sea life traverse the waters.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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