waterway

Example Sentences

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The strait is a key waterway for energy transit, sending prices soaring.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

Iran also effectively blocked the crucial Strait of Hormuz waterway, causing a surge in the price of oil.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

Nowhere is this more evident than in the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow Persian Gulf waterway through which a fifth of the world’s oil normally travels.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

Governments across the Gulf region are pouring billions into new pipelines, rail corridors and energy storage hubs to bypass the waterway for good.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

It let her know that nearby was a waterway, which, dirty though it was, joined a river that flowed out to the sea.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith