blockade

Example Sentences

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Any such operation, if ordered, would risk significant casualties, considering that Iran relies on drones, missiles and small speedboats to strike vessels that attempt to defy its blockade.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

But this does not appear to be a step toward ending the U.S. sanctions, or blockade, against Cuba.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

Among other acts of extortion, this was an important weapon that he was using to enforce the blockade against Cuba.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

A Russian oil tanker was set to deliver the first crude shipment to Cuba since January on Tuesday after Washington gave the crisis-hit island a reprieve from an effective fuel blockade.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

Germany and its ally Austria-Hungary did not fare as well under the British blockade.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman