Synonyms for straits
straits

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1. pass, strait, straitsnoun

   a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs

   Synonyms:
   go, passing, notch, liberty chit, strait, fling, walk, passing play, crack, laissez passer, mountain pass, pass, bye, passing game, flip, passport, base on balls, toss, sound, whirl, qualifying, head, offer

2. pass, head, straitsnoun

   a difficult juncture

   "a pretty pass"; "matters came to a head yesterday"

   Synonyms:
   heading, promontory, psyche, school principal, nous, mind, headland, head teacher, head, strait, fountainhead, whirl, principal, drumhead, point, top dog, passport, header, brain, offer, passing play, laissez passer, question, mountain pass, toss, headspring, headway, crack, foreland, go, passing game, chief, pass, read/write head, liberty chit, qualifying, head word, forefront, walk, base on balls, fling, flip, capitulum, notch, oral sex, caput, bye, passing

Matched Categories

1. • Juncture
   • Situation

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1. List of paraphrases for "straits":

   strait, bungo, detroit, close, hoi, gorges

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1. Justin Trudeau:

   We get to show the world how to open our hearts and welcomepeople who are fleeing extraordinarily difficult straits.

2. Morgan Ortagus:

   The dire straits Ukraine's fighters find themselves in are not so much about delays in delivering the arms we've agreed to send - it's more that those arms aren't sufficient to tip the balance on the battlefield, unfortunately we, and none more than the Ukrainians, are learning how costly it can be when we fail to deter war.

3. Daniel Ellsberg:

   Daniel Ellsberg first use of nuclear weapons should not be contemplated, prepared, or threatened anywhere, under any circumstances, including the defense of Taiwan Straits.

4. Forrest Claypool:

   With scarce resources, staff furloughs and painful budget cuts, CPS is keeping a close watch on every dollar, barbara Byrd-Bennett and her co-conspirators knew the district's dire straits and still concocted this scheme to divert needed resources away from classrooms and line their own pockets.

5. Joseph Dunford:

   We're engaging now with a number of countries to see if we can put together a coalition that would ensure freedom of navigation both in the Straits of Hormuz and the Bab al-Mandab, and so I think probably over the next couple of weeks we'll identify which nations have the political will to support that initiative and then we'll work directly with the militaries to identify the specific capabilities that'll support that.