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blockade

[blo-keyd] / blɒˈkeɪd /


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With the blockade of Ukraine's sea ports curbing grain exports, he said Ukraine's GDP would contract by 1.5%.

From BBC Sep. 13, 2026

As Iran tries to withstand US sanctions, Washington's "Operation Economic Outcast" and a naval blockade on its ports, Pezeshkian pressed for deeper economic ties with Brics members, including Malaysia, India and Ethiopia.

From BBC Sep. 13, 2026

The rebels, who have been attacking Saudi oil tankers, are trying to tighten their squeeze on the shipments, analysts say -- a lifeline for exports after Iran's blockade of Hormuz.

From Barron's Sep. 9, 2026

This followed “U.S. attacks on three Iranian oil tankers as it looks to strengthen its naval blockade of Iranian ports,” the analysts say.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 8, 2026

Early in the war, British warships swept German shipping from the seas and clamped a total blockade on German seaports, cutting off most of Germany’s imports.

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

Iran’s oil exports have been greatly reduced after the U.S. imposed naval blockades of Iranian ports, though it is unclear how long that will remain the case.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

In recent years it has stepped up military drills near Taiwan, including simulating blockades on the island.

From BBC Jun. 22, 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

The memorandum also includes lifting U.S. and Iranian blockades in the Strait of Hormuz.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 17, 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

“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

Iran has blockaded the waterway since the war began.

From Barron's May 28, 2026

But Brent and US benchmark West Texas Intermediate retreated more than two percent Wednesday on renewed hopes a deal to reopen the blockaded Strait of Hormuz was on track.

From Barron's May 27, 2026

The government, which has been flying food into the capital since May 10, announced it will seek to open blockaded highways around La Paz on Tuesday for a six-hour period to establish a "humanitarian corridor."

From Barron's May 18, 2026

Leningrad, Russia’s old capital, was under attack and had been blockaded by the German army since September 8, 1941.

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

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

Instead, he sought a middle road by blockading Iran’s oil capacity.

From The Wall Street Journal May 17, 2026

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

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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