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The size of the army was reduced during peacetime.
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That hasn’t lowered tensions in the strait, a strategic waterway through which a fifth of the world’s oil and natural gas is shipped during peacetime.
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Munir Ahmed, Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
That hasn’t lowered tensions in the strait the strategic waterway through which a fifth of the world’s oil and natural gas is shipped during peacetime.
—ABC News, 24 Apr. 2026
More than 100 ships, including dozens of tankers, would transit the strait each day in peacetime.
—Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 23 Apr. 2026
That set the stage for continued disruption to traffic in the strait, through which 20% of the world’s oil and natural gas pass in peacetime, even if the ceasefire largely holds.
—Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
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Munir Ahmed, Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
That hasn’t lowered tensions in the strait the strategic waterway through which a fifth of the world’s oil and natural gas is shipped during peacetime.
—ABC News, 24 Apr. 2026
More than 100 ships, including dozens of tankers, would transit the strait each day in peacetime.
—Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 23 Apr. 2026
That set the stage for continued disruption to traffic in the strait, through which 20% of the world’s oil and natural gas pass in peacetime, even if the ceasefire largely holds.
—Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
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“Peacetime.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/peacetime. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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peacetime
noun
peace·time
ˈpē-ˌstīm 
: a time when a nation is not at war
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