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the passageway to the other side of the office
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The critical passageway for some 20% of the world's crude has been effectively shuttered during the war, sending oil and gas prices soaring.
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ABC News, 23 Mar. 2026
In a telephone interview with Kyodo News on Friday, Araghchi denied closing the passageway, insisting instead that countries attacking Iran face restrictions, while others were being offered assistance.
—CBS News, 21 Mar. 2026
Amid the war, Iran has effectively halted nearly all tanker movement in the key Strait of Hormuz, cutting off a vital passageway where roughly one-fifth of the world’s oil once sailed through on a typical day.
—Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2026
The strait is a key passageway in the transport of fertilizer supplies.
—Fred Imbert,darla Mercado, Cfp®, CNBC, 17 Mar. 2026
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ABC News, 23 Mar. 2026
In a telephone interview with Kyodo News on Friday, Araghchi denied closing the passageway, insisting instead that countries attacking Iran face restrictions, while others were being offered assistance.
—CBS News, 21 Mar. 2026
Amid the war, Iran has effectively halted nearly all tanker movement in the key Strait of Hormuz, cutting off a vital passageway where roughly one-fifth of the world’s oil once sailed through on a typical day.
—Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2026
The strait is a key passageway in the transport of fertilizer supplies.
—Fred Imbert,darla Mercado, Cfp®, CNBC, 17 Mar. 2026
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“Passageway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/passageway. Accessed 26 Mar. 2026.
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passageway
noun
pas·sage·way
-ˌwā 
: a road or way by which a person or thing may pass
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