blockade
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The blockade is making things worse, with Russian and Canadian airlines suspending flights to Cuba after the government said it was running out of jet fuel.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2026
Navy officer and senior adviser for United Against Nuclear Iran, a U.S.-based advocacy group, said the Touska’s decision to try to breach the blockade suggested it was carrying something of value to Iran.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026
Ali Vaez, the Iran project director at the International Crisis Group, a conflict-resolution organization, said the backlash also reflected Trump’s declaration that the American blockade would continue despite Iran’s opening.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026
The US said it had turned away 23 ships since it began enforcing the blockade on 13 April.
From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026
As the blockade of Germany caused increasing misery, a new German naval commander, Admiral Reinhard Scheer, lost patience.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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