trade route
noun
1
: one of the sea-lanes ordinarily used by merchant ships
2
: a route followed by traders (as in caravans)
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Days of public dispute over the terms of the deal — both around the future of the key trade route and the unfreezing of billions in Iranian assets — escalated into new military attacks after Iran attacked ships transiting the strait.
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Alexander Smith,
NBC news,
29 June 2026
When New England became a stop on major international trade routes, the multicultural floodgates opened and Puritan objections to things like fashion, elaborate design, lavish displays of wealth and other things deemed excessive were being continually, casually challenged.
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Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
28 June 2026
The Museum had rented one of the nine salt warehouses in Venice that once stored up to 4,500 tons of salt (‘white gold’) to be sold—profits from which funded the city’s shipbuilding, naval power, and the expansion of its maritime empire through trade routes and ports across the Mediterranean.
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Zehra Jumabhoy,
Artforum,
25 June 2026
The beverage’s roots go back to 1565, when the Manila-Acapulco galleon trade route began between Mexico and the Philippines, permanently altering both countries’ culinary trajectories.
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Daniel Hernandez,
Los Angeles Times,
24 June 2026
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Alexander Smith,
NBC news,
29 June 2026
When New England became a stop on major international trade routes, the multicultural floodgates opened and Puritan objections to things like fashion, elaborate design, lavish displays of wealth and other things deemed excessive were being continually, casually challenged.
—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
28 June 2026
The Museum had rented one of the nine salt warehouses in Venice that once stored up to 4,500 tons of salt (‘white gold’) to be sold—profits from which funded the city’s shipbuilding, naval power, and the expansion of its maritime empire through trade routes and ports across the Mediterranean.
—
Zehra Jumabhoy,
Artforum,
25 June 2026
The beverage’s roots go back to 1565, when the Manila-Acapulco galleon trade route began between Mexico and the Philippines, permanently altering both countries’ culinary trajectories.
—
Daniel Hernandez,
Los Angeles Times,
24 June 2026
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“Trade route.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trade%20route. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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