embargo
Example Sentences
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Cuba, which has been under a US embargo since 1962, confirmed last Friday that it is indeed in talks with its powerful neighbor.
From Barron's
Following the oil embargo induced by the 1973 war in the Middle East, it was Kissinger’s diplomacy that created the International Energy Agency and its strategic oil stocks.
Very briefly, the 1973-74 oil embargo began after the “Yom Kippur” Arab-Israeli war.
From Los Angeles Times
While it is true that the Arab embargo of 1973-74 and the Iranian revolution in 1979 did reduce market supply, neither caused the shortages nor the palpable sense of crisis.
US sanctions and trade embargoes on Cuba have been in place since the early 1960s.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
