blockade
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President Trump has temporarily called off America’s legal blockade of its own ports, and the White House says the results are positive.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026
Framed as a humanitarian mission to help ships and starving crews locked up in the Strait against their will, this was also a tactical move to break the Iranian blockade and restore energy flows.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026
The ongoing blockade of Iranian ports, he claimed, did not represent the continuation of the conflict.
From BBC • May 3, 2026
Speaking at a rally on Friday, Trump said "we're like pirates" as he described an earlier helicopter raid on an oil tanker under the blockade.
From Barron's • May 2, 2026
Riker’s men had peeled off so they could regroup at the harbor and form a blockade.
From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older
Vocabulary lists containing blockade
The American Civil War
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The American Revolution - Introductory
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Unit 1: Telling Details
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