interdict
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By releasing details about the vulnerabilities and evasion tactics found on board dark fleet tankers, Coast Guard officials hope that other countries will be encouraged to step up efforts to interdict them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
The notion that America can interdict China’s oil supply and impair its access to crude is “stupid, stupid, stupid,” Papic emphasizes.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 22, 2026
By contrast, a blockade allows US warships to loiter safely, far offshore in the waters of the Gulf of Oman, track vessels emerging from Iranian ports and interdict them at will.
From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2026
He said U.S. forces would interdict vessels and clear potential mines, while also signaling a readiness to escalate militarily if needed.
From Salon ● Apr. 12, 2026
Joy reigned in Toulouse when the count returned, bringing with him the removal of the interdict and the promise of a speedy settlement of the troubles.
From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I by Lea, Henry Charles
Environmental and community groups have sued companies including Shell in recent months, winning temporary interdicts that caused searches to be called off.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 7, 2022
Its next verse interdicts concubinage when it enjoins marriage with the then existing slaves.
From A Critical Exposition of the Popular 'Jihád' Showing that all the Wars of Mohammad Were Defensive; and that Aggressive War, or Compulsory Conversion, is not Allowed in The Koran - 1885 by Cherágh Ali
Is it to be found in the letter or the spirit of the second commandment, which interdicts the making of graven images of any pattern in earth or heaven?
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 22, August, 1859 by Various
Such interdicts could not possibly be strictly enforced, but they undoubtedly exercised much influence, so that the samurai limited themselves to two meals a day and partook only of the coarsest fare.
From A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era by Brinkley, F. (Frank)
The government insisted that the obnoxious interdicts be withdrawn: the bishops refused to yield, and were prosecuted in the civil courts and sent to prison.
From The South American Republics Part I of II by Dawson, Thomas C.
"The interdicted vessel, M/T Sophia, was operating in international waters and conducting illicit activities in the Caribbean Sea. The US Coast Guard is escorting M/T Sophia to the U.S. for final disposition."
From BBC ● Jan. 7, 2026
Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez voiced defiance in comments at a public event in Caracas broadcast Saturday on state TV -- although he made no mention of the interdicted ship.
From Barron's ● Dec. 20, 2025
The threat has left tankers stuck off the coast of Venezuela, with shipping data showing some vessels making U-turns rather than risk being interdicted.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 17, 2025
On March 1, Lebanon’s Finance Ministry announced it interdicted a suitcase with $2.5 million from someone arriving at Beirut airport — presumably a cash infusion for the group.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2025
It was but fifteen minutes after that we approached the wharves of our interdicted city.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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Although China's ability to sever undersea communications cables, cyber attacks and interdicting maritime trade are the primary risk for Australia, "the direct strike threat is real and growing", the report said.
From Barron's ● Jun. 14, 2026
“They are interdicting stuff 40 to 70 kilometers from the front line. Previously, for those effects, you needed to fly manned aircraft.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 30, 2025
Border Patrol said Operation Return to Sender “focused on interdicting those who have broken U.S. federal law, trafficking of dangerous substances, non-citizen criminals, and disrupting the transportation routes used by Transnational Criminal Organizations.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2025
“They don’t have air superiority, so their main way of interdicting this equipment is to strike facilities when the equipment is stationary,” Lee said.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 1, 2022
To assist agriculture, the council passed an act interdicting the use of sugar, under certain conditions, by public brewers.
From The History of Tasmania, Volume I by West, John
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