blockade
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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
“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
It was unclear how Liao Fan managed to evade the blockade, but it is possible it unloaded Iranian-linked goods.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
Since then, they have regularly targeted oil and military installations in Saudi Arabia and have declared a maritime blockade on its ships.
From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026
Through the broken doorway was a fallen tower of trunks and dressers; a failed blockade.
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
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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
The blockades and protests started last week before spreading to hundreds of schools across the country.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
A: There is no reason to intervene, there are no blockades.
From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026
The only blockades left are here in the Tropics of Cochabamba, which is highly disciplined.
From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026
She’d head straight out, and as we’d inch our way past the blockades, she’d give the rioters this look.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
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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
At least 30 universities have also reportedly been blockaded, including campuses in Rennes and Paris.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
According to the AFP news agency, four high schools were reportedly blockaded in the southern regions of Alpes-Maritimes and Var.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
In recent weeks, the conflict has come to revolve around the blockaded Strait of Hormuz.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
“What is there to buy in Biafra? They have blockaded us kpam-kpam.”
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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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
The demonstrations began in Paris last week but have escalated to cities including Dijon, Lyon, Strasbourg, Lille and Marseille, with teenagers blockading their schools for days.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 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
It added that the "the naval blockade, according to the reported framework, would also need to be fully lifted within 30 days", referring to the US blockading Iranian ports.
From Barron's ● May 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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