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Since January, a US fuel embargo has worsened prolonged power and water cuts.

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

But the present and possibly future Green Lanterns were summoned there for a reason best left unsaid here, and in keeping with HBO’s extensive spoiler embargo.

From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026

It’s now a major producer of both natural gas and crude oil, while the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, its national crude stockpiles, was created in 1975 in response to shortages driven by the oil embargo.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 12, 2026

The 1973 Arab oil embargo contributed to years of inflation, and President Gerald Ford’s “Whip Inflation Now” initiative symbolized the failed response to it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026

His dad, Ambassador Farland, has been recalled to Washington, D.C., because of the embargo.

From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez

Castro is remembered by supporters as having guided Cuba through multiple crises -- US-backed invasions, embargoes, assassination plots and the intense hardship caused by the collapse of Cuba's main ally and benefactor, the Soviet Union.

From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026

After the 1973 oil crisis, when embargoes led to gas rationing, the country banned crude-oil exports.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026

“Like quotas and embargoes, tariffs are a traditional and common tool to regulate importation,” he wrote in a 63-page dissent.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2026

US economic and trade embargoes on Cuba have been in place since 1960.

From BBC ● Feb. 13, 2026

In an effort to stop Japan, President Franklin Roosevelt imposed ever-increasing embargoes on materiel, such as scrap metal and aviation fuel.

From "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand

On Jan. 9 of this year, the U.S. seized the Olina, which then-Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said had departed Venezuela and was “suspected of carrying embargoed oil.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026

According to Homeland Security chief Kristi Noem, the Olina was "another 'ghost fleet' tanker ship suspected of carrying embargoed oil."

From Barron's ● Jan. 9, 2026

“I see, I know and I follow it, but I’m embargoed to say nothing. The public, though — there will be quite a reaction, I’ll say.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 2025

But a number of 2024 new-year honours recipients issued their own embargoed press releases weeks in advance.

From BBC ● Dec. 21, 2023

By mutual agreement, Robinson joined the ranks of officers embargoed from A-block because they couldn’t deal with the sergeant.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

The publisher, Penguin Random House, has tried to keep the book under tight wraps, embargoing the contents and only shipping it to bookstores just before its scheduled release.

From New York Times ● Jan. 5, 2023

“A lot of people are wondering if you actually achieve anything by embargoing your results when everybody else can figure out how to do it anyway.”

From Slate ● Feb. 22, 2019

There are many voices rightly calling for embargoing arms deliveries into South Sudan and a U.N.

From Time ● Oct. 6, 2016

Later that day we had a glimpse of other dangers: Arab oil producers began embargoing all sales of oil to the U.S.

From Time Magazine Archive

Security Council resolution embargoing the transfer of missile technology to North Korea.

From Time Magazine Archive