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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

It’s easier to interdict and harder to preserve the logistics that support troops at the front.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2025

Already, in the autumn of 1209, the citizens of Toulouse had been startled by a demand from the legate to surrender all whom his envoys might select as heretics, under pain of excommunication and interdict.

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

He was to raise and remove the censures and interdicts which had been laid, and absolve those who had been excommunicated.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century, Volume XXVI, 1636 by Blair, Emma Helen

The commissary may receive denunciations from these three classes of persons, and send them to the Holy Office, without making any arrest, issuing interdicts, or taking other steps.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803 — Volume 05 of 55 1582-1583 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century by Blair, Emma Helen

The Church beheld this evil with grief and indignation, and popes issued rescripts and interdicts.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 11 — Ancient and Mediæval History by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir

My aunt advises me to submit for the present to the interdicts they have laid me under; and indeed to encourage Mr. Solmes's address.

From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 1 by Richardson, Samuel

"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

Noem did not share any identifying information of the tanker, and it was not immediately clear if the interdicted vessel was under US sanctions.

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

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

The U.S. has spent $1.4 billion to $1.6 billion interdicting drug boats and capturing Maduro, estimates Elaine McCusker, a former Pentagon budget official now at the American Enterprise Institute.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026

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

He ended his hunger strike after President Bill Clinton agreed to grant would-be refugees asylum hearings rather than interdicting them at sea and returning them immediately to their violence-wracked country.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 28, 2023

The dry, spare tone of the physician interrupted,—a trite phrase interdicting agitation.

From The Mystery of Witch-Face Mountain and Other Stories by Murfree, Mary Noailles