blockade

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The U.S. and European statements on Wednesday come as Taiwan’s military stages a five-day-long “immediate combat readiness exercise” that it says is aimed at preparing for a potential Chinese invasion or blockade.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 24, 2026

The initial US-Iran agreement also said that Iran would allow shipping to pass through the Strait of Hormuz while the US would lift a naval blockade on Iranian ports.

From BBC • Jun. 24, 2026

The U.S. military confirmed that it lifted a two-month blockade that brought Iran’s loadings down to a trickle, roughly 260,000 barrels a day last month, according to Kpler, a commodities and shipping data provider.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 20, 2026

News that Iran and the U.S. had agreed to a 60-day cease-fire sent oil and stocks up, despite few details beyond Iran agreeing to open the Strait of Hormuz and the U.S. lifting its blockade.

From Barron's • Jun. 19, 2026

For the first year of the Leningrad blockade, Yekaterina lived on not much more than a daily ration of soup made with boiled water and four slices of brown bread.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein