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blockade

[blo-keyd] / blɒˈkeɪd /


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“When the agreement is signed, the blockade ends,” the president told reporters in Phoenix.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

The ships were not affected by the blockade because they did not report calling at Iranian ports.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

All the same, storage is likely to fill up quickly if the blockade succeeds, according to David Wech, Vortexa’s chief economist.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Centcom said on Thursday that in the first 72 hours of the blockade, 14 vessels had "turned around to comply with the blockade at the direction of American forces".

From BBC • Apr. 17, 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




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