waterway
noun
wa·ter·way
ˈwȯ-tər-ˌwā 
ˈwä-
1
: a way or channel for water
2
: a navigable body of water
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the Erie Canal was superseded by a much larger waterway, the New York State Barge Canal
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But the ships carrying his crucial cargo are trapped 2,000 miles away by Iran’s stranglehold of one of the world’s most important waterways.
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Helen Regan, CNN Money, 16 May 2026
But the waterway is also a critical corridor for other commodities essential to the production of semiconductor chips.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 15 May 2026
In response, Iran has closed the vital Strait of Hormuz to most maritime traffic, cutting the world off from the waterway that typically sees a fifth of the globe’s oil supply travel through it each year.
—Joseph Konig, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026
Trump has also lambasted members of the alliance for shrugging off requests to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz, despite much of the oil that Europe relies on navigating through the waterway.
—Haris Alic, The Washington Examiner, 15 May 2026
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Helen Regan, CNN Money, 16 May 2026
But the waterway is also a critical corridor for other commodities essential to the production of semiconductor chips.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 15 May 2026
In response, Iran has closed the vital Strait of Hormuz to most maritime traffic, cutting the world off from the waterway that typically sees a fifth of the globe’s oil supply travel through it each year.
—Joseph Konig, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026
Trump has also lambasted members of the alliance for shrugging off requests to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz, despite much of the oil that Europe relies on navigating through the waterway.
—Haris Alic, The Washington Examiner, 15 May 2026
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waterway
noun
wa·ter·way
ˈwȯt-ər-ˌwā
ˈwät-
1
: a channel for water
2
: a body of water through which ships can travel
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