blockade
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Official sources briefing Iranian media stressed that any reopening would depend on the United States fulfilling what Tehran sees as its commitment to end its own naval blockade of Iran's ports.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
A prolonged Hormuz blockade keeps the pressure on nitrogen; a normalization scenario reopens room for the phosphate names; and diversified potash exposure sits somewhere in the middle.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026
Long-established goods trade between Iran and China also got a boost by the temporary lifting of the blockade, according to a Wall Street Journal review of maritime traffic data.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
That changed in early July, when the militants tried to test the Saudi air blockade with a direct flight from Tehran that landed in the rebel-controlled capital, San’a.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
Kennedy wanted a unanimous recommendation, but the team was divided between advising a blockade or an air strike.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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Kirchner, one of them, wanted to engage in acts of civil disobedience, such as blockades of OpenAI’s offices, to bring more attention to the cause, according to Elmore and others in the group.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
The blockades, which strangled supplies of food, medicine and fuel to the administrative capital La Paz and other cities, have since been taken down by security forces.
From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026
In recent years it has stepped up military drills near Taiwan, including simulating blockades on the island.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
Iran, Russia and North Korea have all built elaborate apparatuses to skirt financial blockades.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026
It had quickly become obvious that they wouldn’t be able to maintain over five hundred different blockades or fend off the massive influx of gunters.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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Top US diplomat Marco Rubio insisted on Tuesday that the blockaded strait would reopen "one way or the other".
From Barron's ● May 26, 2026
A pipeline from the oilfields of Abu Dhabi runs to Fujairah, allowing limited amounts of crude to be loaded on to tankers and shipped to world markets despite the strait being effectively blockaded.
From BBC ● May 4, 2026
Only 40% of Iran’s trade can be redirected away from blockaded ports, the Iranian Shipping Association said Thursday via the Fars news agency, which is affiliated with Iran’s security services.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
After peace talks collapsed, the U.S. blockaded Iranian ports with warships.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026
The 101st Long Range Air Regiment, as well as bombing, helped bring supplies by air to the blockaded and starving city of Leningrad.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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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
Elsewhere, police dismantled a makeshift barrier erected by protesters blockading western Galway docks.
From Barron's ● Apr. 12, 2026
"I don't understand how blockading the strait is going to somehow push the Iranians into opening it. I don't get the connection there."
From Barron's ● Apr. 12, 2026
It is blockading energy shipments and supplies for fertilizer and manufacturing and threatening theme parks and cultural sites worldwide through its proxy network.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 25, 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
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