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blockade

[blo-keyd] / blɒˈkeɪd /


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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said it would be a “one-two punch” along with the U.S. naval blockade of Iranian ports.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 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

They began attacks on shipping last month - announcing a naval blockade of Saudi ports.

From BBC Aug. 11, 2026

Iran also has less of a buffer than before the first blockade in April, Capital Economics said.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 11, 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

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

The blockades, led by miners, farmers and indigenous groups, are part of protests which started at the end of April.

From BBC Jun. 20, 2026

She wasn’t sure what the mosasaurus was capable of, though she’d heard of them being used to ram warships during the naval blockades down south.

From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older

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

The strait, an important conduit for oil and gas shipments, was blockaded by Iran for much of the war, sending shockwaves through global energy markets.

From Barron's Jun. 20, 2026

A pipeline from the oilfields of Abu Dhabi runs to Fujairah, allowing limited amounts of crude to be loaded on to tankers and shipped to world markets despite the strait being effectively blockaded.

From BBC May 4, 2026

Only 40% of Iran’s trade can be redirected away from blockaded ports, the Iranian Shipping Association said Thursday via the Fars news agency, which is affiliated with Iran’s security services.

From The Wall Street Journal May 1, 2026

The 101st Long Range Air Regiment, as well as bombing, helped bring supplies by air to the blockaded and starving city of Leningrad.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

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

Elsewhere, police dismantled a makeshift barrier erected by protesters blockading western Galway docks.

From Barron's Apr. 12, 2026

"I don't understand how blockading the strait is going to somehow push the Iranians into opening it," Senator Mark Warner of Virginia, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, told CNN on Sunday.

From BBC Apr. 12, 2026

The blockading of "critical national infrastructure" had "resulted in fuel shortages that are directly impacting on emergency services such as hospitals, the ambulance service, and the fire service", he said.

From Barron's 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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