shipping lane
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of shipping lane
First recorded in 1930–35
Example Sentences
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At the time, defense officials sought to husband munitions for a possible future war with China and were reluctant to use up too much scarce weaponry against a U.S.-designated terrorist group threatening a vital global shipping lane in the Red Sea.
Commercial shippers hope to establish an express shipping lane to save time and money.
This part of the ocean was a shipping lane.
From Literature
The trial will determine the individual degrees of responsibility of the defendants for the death of seven people as they crossed the busy shipping lane in a small boat.
From Barron's
About 20% of global oil and gas flows through this narrow shipping lane in the Gulf.
From BBC
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