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embargo

[em-bahr-goh] / ɛmˈbɑr goʊ /


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El quarterback Jacoby Brissett y los Cardinals, sin embargo, remontaron gracias a una falta personal tras un pase completado.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

It was the first time alerts have been issued in Riyadh since the Houthis increased their attacks and declared a "maritime embargo" on the Saudis in July.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

But the Arab oil embargo that fall flattened the housing market, and Remax’s backers pulled out, leaving the fledgling firm, at its lowest point, more than $600,000 in debt.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

The United States urged the UN Security Council on Monday to expand an arms embargo on the Sudanese region of Darfur to cover all of Sudan, saying the nation's brutal conflict risks regional expansion.

From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 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

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

US sanctions and trade embargoes on Cuba have been in place since the early 1960s.

From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2026

Along with military might, he makes use of insurance, trade embargoes and the Defense Production Act.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 11, 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

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

Air Minister Goring was reported against this, at least until the U. S. should make up its mind about embargoing munitions to the Allies.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive


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