international waterway
collocation in Englishmeaningsofinternationalandwaterway
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international
adjective
uk/ˌɪn.təˈnæʃ.ən.əl/us/ˌɪn.t̬ɚˈnæʃ.ən.əl/
involving more than ...
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waterway
noun[C]
uk/ˈwɔː.tə.weɪ/us/ˈwɑː.t̬ɚ.weɪ/
a narrow area of water, such as a river or canal, that ships or boats can ...
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(Definition ofinternationalandwaterwayfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Without some further protest, influence or sanction, we can no longer tolerate the absence of freedom of navigation through thisinternationalwaterway.
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This is a clear case of an illegal attempt to alter the status of aninternationalwaterway.
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We want the river to be restored as a freeinternationalwaterway.
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The use of any greatinternationalwaterwayas an instrument of national policy should be banned by all maritime countries.
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The first is to keep open aninternationalwaterwayuntil we can achieve an effective international agreement.
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I think it must be aninternationalwaterway.
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It is bound to involve an account of the events leading up to the seizure of aninternationalwaterway.
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This is an international highway, aninternationalwaterway, vital to us and vital for communications.
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We believe that this is aninternationalwaterway.
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Since four nations share the water, how can it be anything but aninternationalwaterway?
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The sole object of artillery placed on those cliffs is to command the straits and theinternationalwaterwaythrough them.
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We have declared that we look upon this as aninternationalwaterwayand our ships are using it.
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What seems to me to be outstanding in this matter is that if our objective is aninternationalwaterway, our means of attaining our end must also be international.
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Is it aninternationalwaterway?
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It represents rather a contribution which we are making, at considerable national expense, to the joint defence of the free world, by safeguarding the security of a vitalinternationalwaterway.
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It is aninternationalwaterwaywhich is vital to trade and commerce and to defence and security, and one which should be vested in the nations of the world.
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Equally, it is not within our power or right to give away someone else's waters in 1957 and maintain that because we say so, they are now aninternationalwaterway.
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Obviously, environmentally hazardous chemicals should not be carried on international waterways if there are alternative ways of transporting them.
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The maintenance of the right of free passage through international waterways is nowadays, and must be, primarily a task for the international community.
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But controlling international waterways is a thorny problem and it will be difficult to get some sort of agreement, for instance, to extend territorial waters.
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