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Perhaps Iran will have a tollbooth at the Strait of Hormuz.
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Jonathan Tirone, Bloomberg, 16 Apr. 2026
On today's show, a source inside Iran tells us how ships had been getting through the strait, and how the tollbooth Iran set up works.
—James Sneed, NPR, 14 Apr. 2026
Given the downsides of the tollbooth proposal, the Gulf states would only agree to it if all other options looked much worse, Bruegel said.
—David McHugh, Fortune, 9 Apr. 2026
Granting Iran sovereignty over the Strait would blow up the legal architecture that keeps every maritime chokepoint on earth open, and hand China, Russia, and every other would-be tollbooth state a roadmap to do the same.
—Jill Goldenziel, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2026
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Jonathan Tirone, Bloomberg, 16 Apr. 2026
On today's show, a source inside Iran tells us how ships had been getting through the strait, and how the tollbooth Iran set up works.
—James Sneed, NPR, 14 Apr. 2026
Given the downsides of the tollbooth proposal, the Gulf states would only agree to it if all other options looked much worse, Bruegel said.
—David McHugh, Fortune, 9 Apr. 2026
Granting Iran sovereignty over the Strait would blow up the legal architecture that keeps every maritime chokepoint on earth open, and hand China, Russia, and every other would-be tollbooth state a roadmap to do the same.
—Jill Goldenziel, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2026
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“Tollbooth.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tollbooth. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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tollbooth
noun
toll·booth
ˈtōl-ˌbüth 
: a booth where tolls are paid
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