Good Hope
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Many of the ships taking the Cape of Good Hope route from east to west are likely carrying refined products to Europe, he said.
From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026
They skirt around Africa by following its eastern coast as far as the Cape of Good Hope in southern South Africa before heading back north towards Europe and the Mediterranean.
From Barron's • May 1, 2026
Shipping companies expanded their fleets during the pandemic and had a couple of years to adapt after the Houthi crisis, and they had already diverted some of their shipping around the Cape of Good Hope.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 13, 2026
The higher cost of longer voyages around the Cape of Good Hope and higher oil prices means that shipping is becoming more expensive, adding to upward inflationary pressures, Clerc said.
From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026
At last, in 1488 Bartolomeu Dias reached the southernmost tip of the continent, which he named the Cape of Good Hope.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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