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While purchases of Iranian oil by Chinese “teapot” refineries are now thwarted by the U.S. blockade, the buyers remain willing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

Rodríguez added it would prevent the government "from guaranteeing basic services to the population, which are already in a critical situation as a result of the blockade".

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

While Iran admits the U.S. blockade has driven its oil exports to near-zero, Dubai-Iran trade never leaves the Persian Gulf.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

It's unclear what additional impact any fresh sanctions would have, given the US blockade of Iranian ports.

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

The German army’s blockade of the city of Leningrad, which had begun on September 8, 1941, finally ended in its defeat there on January 27, 1944.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

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

When the capital came under siege by Islamist fighters, they managed to impose a partial blockade there and total blockades elsewhere including the city of Ségou.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

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

From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026

He liked moving his tiger and elephant pawns through his opponent’s blockades, but he became furious if, owing to a toss of the dice, he was captured and sent back to “Start.”

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

“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

The United States and Iran have observed a ceasefire since April 8 while mediators push for a negotiated settlement, although Tehran has imposed controls on Gulf shipping and Washington has blockaded Iran's ports.

From Barron's ● May 25, 2026

A pipeline from the oilfields of Abu Dhabi runs to Fujairah, allowing limited amounts of crude to be loaded on to tankers and shipped to world markets despite the strait being effectively blockaded.

From BBC ● May 4, 2026

Only 40% of Iran’s trade can be redirected away from blockaded ports, the Iranian Shipping Association said Thursday via the Fars news agency, which is affiliated with Iran’s security services.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026

The 101st Long Range Air Regiment, as well as bombing, helped bring supplies by air to the blockaded and starving city of Leningrad.

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

A military plan for blockading the Strait of Hormuz has been sitting on the shelves at U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 13, 2026

The blockading of "critical national infrastructure" had "resulted in fuel shortages that are directly impacting on emergency services such as hospitals, the ambulance service, and the fire service", he said.

From Barron's ● Apr. 12, 2026

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

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