blockade

Example Sentences

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On Thursday afternoon, a small number of new trucks joined the blockade of O'Connell Street in Dublin.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

Iran threatened to reimpose a blockade on Wednesday, jeopardizing 20% of global oil and LNG shipments and economic recovery.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

Even so, Sybiha said Ukraine’s forceful breaking of the blockade held a strategy lesson for the Middle East.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

Suffolk Police also confirmed two people had been charged with wilful obstruction of the highway over a blockade at the base on Saturday.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

To them I am only Adah or, to my sisters sometimes, the drear monosyllabic Ade, lemonade, Band-Aid, frayed blockade, switchblade renegade, call a spade a spade.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver