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embargo

[em-bahr-goh] / ɛmˈbɑr goʊ /


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When Chelsea were placed under a transfer embargo in 2019, the likes of Mason Mount, Tammy Abraham, Fikayo Tomori, Billy Gilmour and Callum Hudson-Odoi all emerged as senior players.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

The U.S. imposed a 40-year ban on exports of crude in 1975 in the aftermath of the Arab oil embargo when the country relied heavily on foreign crude for its refineries.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

The former Bosnia international joined a club under a transfer embargo, confining them to free transfers and loans, but still made them promotion contenders.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

After a seven-month-long US fuel embargo and rolling power cuts, locals joke that they are sick of seeing the stars.

From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026

In the touchy atmosphere of a country under embargo, you have to be careful not to step on any toes.

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

Because a blockade is recognized in international law as an act of war, governments more often characterize their efforts to isolate an adversary as sanctions, embargoes or quarantines that suggest narrower goals.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026

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

From BBC ● Mar. 13, 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

Public health inspectors conducted follow-up visits at the facility in October and April, “collecting evidence at both inspections that indicated embargoed kratom products had been moved, tampered with and repackaged,” according to public health officials.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026

The convictions were "a clear warning" to others trying to send supplies to sanctioned or embargoed destinations, Hill added.

From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026

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

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

Later that day we had a glimpse of other dangers: Arab oil producers began embargoing all sales of oil to the U.S.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive




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