blockade
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This time, it was on the receiving end, offloading oil from the Iran-flagged Derya, one of the last tankers to cross the Strait of Hormuz around the time the blockade began.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
Already, the blockade has choked off oil export revenue and raised the risk that Iran will have to shut down wells as it runs out of places to store crude.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
It added that the "the naval blockade, according to the reported framework, would also need to be fully lifted within 30 days", referring to the US blockading Iranian ports.
From Barron's • May 25, 2026
The United States has imposed its own naval blockade on Iranian ports.
From Barron's • May 25, 2026
The German army’s blockade of the city of Leningrad, which had begun on September 8, 1941, finally ended in its defeat there on January 27, 1944.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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