embargo
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The Vienna-based group drew international attention in 1973, when it imposed an oil embargo against Israel's allies in the midst of the Yom Kippur War, triggering the first oil crisis.
From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026
But that argument is undermined by the short-term responses of Treasury rates in the closest analogous crisis: the 1973 embargo on oil shipments to the U.S. by the petroleum-exporting countries in the Middle East.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026
Instead, the UK has repeatedly called for the Strait to be re-opened as oil prices surge under Iran's embargo.
From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026
Both “The Handmaid’s Tale” and “The Testaments” were written as historic documents gathered from a fallen regime; it doesn’t break any embargo to say that at some point Gilead will fall.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026
Two years earlier the Organization of Arab Oil Exporting Countries had begun an embargo.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
Vocabulary lists containing embargo
Southeast Asia - Introductory
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