Windward Passage

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noun

a strait in the West Indies, between Cuba and Haiti. 50 miles (80 km) wide.

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How to use Windward Passage in a sentence

She fails to appreciate the congressional and constitutional obstacles Johnson had to overcome to win passage of the bill.
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One of the rites of passage for every young political reporter is to listen to the elders tell stories about campaigns past.
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Going to The Ball, signing up for JDate, downloading JSwipe are all modern-day rites of passage.
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In the neighborhoods they grow up in, prison is a rite of passage and being a street gangster is a viable career choice.
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That morning, he sat in the windowsill and began his day like every other: reading the Bible passage that coincided with the date.
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Henry Hudson sailed from Gravesend on his first voyage for the discovery of a northwest passage to India.
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That he discovered two staples upon one side, which was all of boards, without any passage for light.
Gulliver's Travels|Jonathan Swift
She heard through the half-open door Mr. Orgreave's slippers on the tiles of the passage leading to the stairs.
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This work is now lost, and we know it only by the abstract given by Photius in the passage quoted.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
Capt. Ross sailed from Shetland, on his first voyage for the discovery of the north-west passage.
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British Dictionary definitions for Windward Passage

Windward Passage

noun

a strait in the Caribbean, between E Cuba and NW Haiti. Width: 80 km (50 miles)

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