sanction
Example Sentences
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Iran says the meeting will focus on its nuclear programme and the potential lifting of economic sanctions imposed by the US.
From BBC
Rebuilding Venezuela’s energy sector, however, would be a “multiyear, multibillion-dollar project,” Young said, requiring stable rules, contract enforcement, and sanctions clarity.
From MarketWatch
More than 40 countries have been targeted or involved in North Korea’s cyber work, according to a U.S.-led consortium of 11 nations documenting Pyongyang’s sanctions violations.
It comes amid a US crackdown on sanctioned oil exports from Venezuela.
From BBC
But slumping crude prices, government mismanagement and U.S. sanctions have left Venezuela’s industry a hollowed-out shell of its former, grandiose self.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
