blockade
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It started a blockade and a devastating air campaign that persisted until a 2022 truce.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
In exchange, Tehran sought an end to the U.S. blockade of Iranian ports, sanctions relief and access to frozen Iranian assets, according to reports.
From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026
It noted that the US, Iran and allies would end military operations on "all fronts" and contained provisions including the end of a US naval blockade and sanctions relief.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
Sanctions produced the chronic condition, and the blockade brought in the acute shock.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Seven feet by four and made of stainless steel, it would be the perfect blockade.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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But Nuñez said the demonstrations and blockades were "not very typical protest movements".
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
When the capital came under siege by Islamist fighters, they managed to impose a partial blockade there and total blockades elsewhere including the city of Ségou.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
A: There is no reason to intervene, there are no blockades.
From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026
Iran, Russia and North Korea have all built elaborate apparatuses to skirt financial blockades.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026
As we drove past the burning blockades, it felt like we were inside an oven.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
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According to the AFP news agency, four high schools were reportedly blockaded in the southern regions of Alpes-Maritimes and Var.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
In recent weeks, the conflict has come to revolve around the blockaded Strait of Hormuz.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
Settlers near Nablus since Sunday have blockaded Palestinian homes, including one owned by a US citizen, with residents saying they have been cut off from food and other supplies.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
“Our commerce in the Mediterranean was blockaded; and that of the Atlantic in peril,” Jefferson wrote External link in his message to Congress on Dec. 8, 1801.
From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026
“What is there to buy in Biafra? They have blockaded us kpam-kpam.”
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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The demonstrations, which started in Paris and have seen teenagers blockading their schools for days, stem from issues including overcrowded classes and teacher shortages.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
ICE reported a half-dozen arrests outside the facility after masked agents used force against protestors who they said were blockading the entrances to the facility.
From Salon ● May 30, 2026
"I don't understand how blockading the strait is going to somehow push the Iranians into opening it. I don't get the connection there."
From Barron's ● Apr. 12, 2026
US President Donald Trump says that the US is going to start blockading the Strait of Hormuz after talks with Iran failed to reach a deal to end the war.
From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2026
The British believed that by blockading German shipping lanes and seaports, they could starve Germany into submission.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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