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Luka Maksić, a 23-year-old student at the University of Belgrade’s Faculty of Organizational Sciences, joined a campus blockade in December 2024 at a friend’s urging.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

Military leaders say troops can sustain the naval blockade and protect commercial ships for as long as they are called upon to do so.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

During a wine grape strike in the Central Valley, Huerta and other UFW women once locked arms in a human blockade between the union’s male picketers and replacement workers wielding two-by-fours.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

So many talented players of his generation lamented the presence of Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic, believing the 'Big Three' to be a blockade preventing them from becoming a Grand Slam champion.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

The rebel blockade deprived the town of victuals.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

With the Strait of Hormuz largely sealed by rival U.S and Iranian blockades, Riyadh shifted its exports from Hormuz, its main energy corridor, to the Red Sea coast.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

But Nuñez said the demonstrations and blockades were "not very typical protest movements".

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

The blockades in Frontignan and Fos-sur-Mer have been lifted, but Ange Natoli, a fishermen's representative, said he wanted to continue the movement until they were able to speak directly to Fisheries Minister Catherine Chabaud.

From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026

Kirchner, one of them, wanted to engage in acts of civil disobedience, such as blockades of OpenAI’s offices, to bring more attention to the cause, according to Elmore and others in the group.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 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

On Tuesday, more than 260,000 students, parents and teachers took to the streets as protesters blockaded hundreds of high schools.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Students' unions put the number at 450,000, and said the number of high schools blockaded was 1,800 on what the protesters dubbed "Act Three" of their movement.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

According to the AFP news agency, four high schools were reportedly blockaded in the southern regions of Alpes-Maritimes and Var.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

The route has become key for Saudi oil since Iran blockaded the Strait of Hormuz, a major route for Gulf shipments.

From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 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

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

"I don't understand how blockading the strait is going to somehow push the Iranians into opening it. I don't get the connection there."

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