shipping lane
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of shipping lane
First recorded in 1930–35
Example Sentences
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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
Lammy said he had told Iran that it would be a "catastrophic mistake" for them to retaliate by firing at US bases, or by blockading the key shipping lane of the Strait of Hormuz.
From BBC
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