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The U.S. has imposed an embargo against Cuba for more than six decades.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 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

Amid a de-facto US fuel embargo, daily life in Cuba has been upended by rolling blackouts, water cuts and acute shortages of food and medicine.

From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026

So far, at least seven oil tankers have made U-turns close to Yemen since the embargo.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

Because of the embargo, some of the American foods we usually eat at Christmas are not available or are too expensive.

From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez

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

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026

The IEA was formed after the Arab oil embargoes shook the world economy, as an oil consumers’ counterpoint to the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 9, 2026

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

From BBC ● Feb. 13, 2026

They are tied to tariffs risks, as in the case with gold, silver and copper, and unpredictable seizures and embargoes, as is the case with oil and gas.

From Barron's ● Jan. 22, 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

Drones meeting the thresholds can be exported without a license to most destinations except sanctioned or embargoed countries and certain prohibited end users.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 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

He also criticised the Home Office for not detailing the 4,537 legacy cases without a decision when it initially made its announcement in an embargoed press release to journalists.

From BBC ● Jan. 18, 2024

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

But there was the stark fact: the President was embargoing the export of gold.

From Time Magazine Archive