embargo

Example Sentences

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I think it’s good to draw attention to the oil embargo that the U.S. has in effect, but also there is an element to what you did that looked from the outside like disaster tourism.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

We “took” Cuba before President Kennedy initiated his crippling embargo in 1962.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2026

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 • Mar. 18, 2026

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.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

Two years earlier the Organization of Arab Oil Exporting Countries had begun an embargo.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides