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The hauliers' union Conftrasporto is now threatening a "national blockade", denouncing "the climate of tension created by the unbearable situation linked to the surge in energy prices".

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

“All mariners are advised to heed blockade warnings from Centcom forces.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

“Lincoln Nation conducted major combat operations, enforced naval blockade and demonstrated the presence and power of the carrier strike group and multiple numbered fleets, all while keeping up unprecedented operational tempo.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

They have also struck multiple Saudi targets including oil infrastructure and the capital Riyadh while also announcing a naval blockade on Saudi shipping in the Red Sea.

From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026

A blockade would give the Soviets time to finish work on their missile sites.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

With the Strait of Hormuz largely sealed by rival U.S and Iranian blockades, Riyadh shifted its exports from Hormuz, its main energy corridor, to the Red Sea coast.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

On Friday, the government noted a dramatic drop in the number of blockades and meetings outside the country's lycees, where students -- most between 15 and 18 -- complete their high school education.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

France's 10,000 medical students, however, are beginning to express concern at the effect any continued school blockades could have on exams starting Monday that help determine their eventual speciality.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

But Nuñez said the demonstrations and blockades were "not very typical protest movements".

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

We were trying to outwit Death on this trip, rise above it, penetrate the blockades it put up between us and May.

From "Missing May" by Cynthia Rylant

On Tuesday, more than 260,000 students, parents and teachers took to the streets as protesters blockaded hundreds of high schools.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Students' unions put the number at 450,000, and said the number of high schools blockaded was 1,800 on what the protesters dubbed "Act Three" of their movement.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

At least 30 universities have also reportedly been blockaded, including campuses in Rennes and Paris.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

The route has become key for Saudi oil since Iran blockaded the Strait of Hormuz, a major route for Gulf shipments.

From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026

Leningrad, Russia’s old capital, was under attack and had been blockaded by the German army since September 8, 1941.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

Abdel said the pupils planned to continue blockading the school until the autumn break beginning Friday, then organise more regular protests while still attending lessons.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

ICE reported a half-dozen arrests outside the facility after masked agents used force against protestors who they said were blockading the entrances to the facility.

From Salon ● May 30, 2026

Six weeks into the conflict, the U.S. responded by blockading shipments from all Iranian ports.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026

The blockading of "critical national infrastructure" had "resulted in fuel shortages that are directly impacting on emergency services such as hospitals, the ambulance service, and the fire service", he said.

From Barron's ● Apr. 12, 2026

The British believed that by blockading German shipping lanes and seaports, they could starve Germany into submission.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman