Narrow stretches of water (7)

I believe the answer is:

straits

(Other definitions for straits that I've seen before include "Dire --, rock band" , "Difficulties" , "Sea passages" , "Narrow channels of the sea joining two larger bodies of water" , "... of Magellan, Hormuz" .)

I've seen this clue in The Wall Street Journal.

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