Tsushima Strait

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noun

a channel between the Tsushima islands and Kyushu island, connecting the Sea of Japan and the East China Sea: sometimes considered part of the Korea Strait. About 60 miles (97 km) long; 40 miles (64 km) wide.

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Tsugaru Strait, tsunami, tsuris, Tsushima, Tsushima Current, Tsushima Strait, tsutsugamushi disease, Tsvangirai, Tsvetaeva, Tswana, TT

How to use Tsushima Strait in a sentence

About $10 billion was earmarked to build a bridge across the Kerch Strait, with its unpredictable currents during spring floods.
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Russia lost the 1904-05 Russo-Japanese War in the best Russian loser fashion at the naval battle of Tsushima.
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All were led by William Barents, he of the famous strait, who sought to find a shorter trade route from Europe to China.
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And if the Strait of Hormuz were to be blocked by Iran or any other country or entity, oil prices would skyrocket.
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“Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it,” or so says Matthew 7.
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The children of thy barrenness shall still say in thy ears: The place is too strait for me, make me room to dwell in.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
Departure on the fourth voyage, accompanied by a merchant-ship bound through Torres Strait.
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Directions for the passage within the reefs through Torres Strait.
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And the brave explorer sailed safely through the dangerous strait now named for him.
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On the south-side of Clarence Strait the land is low, like the coast to the eastward.
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