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strait as in: Strait of Hormuz
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The Strait of Gibraltar connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea.
strait = a narrow water way that joins two larger bodies of water
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Chile's Strait of Magellan is the most important natural passage between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
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Sunlight glinted off the water as we chugged up the Strait of Georgia. (source)Strait = a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water
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If he sold just one of his sheep, he'd have enough to get to the other shore of the strait. (source)strait = narrow water passage
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She has found a strait she likes. (source)strait = narrow water passage
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Passed Gibraltar and out through Straits. (source)Straits = narrow water passages
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First in rank was Commander Arthur Maher, who had survived the sinking of his ship, the Houston, in Indonesia's Sunda Strait. (source)Strait = narrow water passage
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That whirlpool was of course the reason Scylla had chosen these straits. (source)straits = narrow water passages
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The Turk's rotund body was now resting at the bottom of the Sea of Marmara, feeding the blue manna crabs that migrated in through the Bosporus Strait. (source)Strait = narrow water passage
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Mate says we must be past Straits of Dover, as in a moment of fog lifting he saw North Foreland, just as he heard the man cry out. (source)Straits = narrow water passages
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BLACKETT STRAIT, SOLOMON ISLANDS 2:00 A.M. (source)STRAIT = narrow water passage
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I am instructed to tell you that our path lies through the straits. (source)straits = narrow water passages
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"I'll try the strait," he concluded, glancing at the narrow opening. (source)strait = narrow water passage
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Africa was only a few hours from Tarifa; one had only to cross the narrow straits by boat. (source)
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strait as in: put her in a tough strait
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The drought has left the country in dire straits.straits = a bad or difficult situation
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She had been avoiding the controversy, but the protests have put her in desperate straits.
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Coming down from the summit, I passed other climbers who were clearly in dire straits.straits = a bad situation
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But my father has always been a romantic rather than a businessman and in the meantime he and Hidayatullah were in such desperate straits that they ran out of credit with the local shopkeeper and could not even buy tea or sugar. (source)straits = a bad or difficult situation
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Oh, John, my friend, we are in awful straits. (source)
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Three hidden keys open three secret gates Wherein the errant will be tested for worthy traits And those with the skill to survive these straits Will reach The End where the prize awaits† (source)straits = bad or difficult situations
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Seeing him, I felt that I was in a dangerous strait indeed, and I kept my eyes upon him. (source)strait = bad or difficult situation
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An anchor on CNN described the scene, 'Here we see China's first, and so far only, aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, ringed by a pack of angry-looking Lanzhou-class destroyers as they face off with the USS George Washington just outside the Straits of Luton in the South China Sea.† (source)Straits = bad or difficult situations
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You know, too, that I can't go without putting things in such a strait as you wouldn't get out of I can't tell when. (source)strait = bad or difficult situation
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But for a hopeful young man trying to impress a serious young woman, the menu of the Piazza was as perilous as the Straits of Messina.† (source)Straits = bad or difficult situations
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Once a vagabond on his own canal, I have received good turns from one of these Canallers; I thank him heartily; would fain be not ungrateful; but it is often one of the prime redeeming qualities of your man of violence, that at times he has as stiff an arm to back a poor stranger in a strait, as to plunder a wealthy one. (source)strait = difficult situation
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You watch as teenagers find themselves in dire straits, sometimes of their own making and sometimes not.† (source)straits = bad or difficult situations
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The allusion served as a timely reminder to Darnay that this disagreeable companion had, of his own free will, assisted him in the strait of the day. (source)strait = bad or difficult situation
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I tell you, if you were in such dire straits as I was, you too would elevate your thoughts.† (source)straits = bad or difficult situations
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Miss Bray has wealthy friends who would coin their very hearts to save her in such a strait as this. (source)strait = bad or difficult situation
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