sanction
Example Sentences
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A vessel seized in Finland suspected of damaging a telecommunications cable between Helsinki and Tallinn was transporting Russian steel targeted by European Union sanctions, Finnish Customs said on Thursday.
From Barron's
The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression has reported nearly 1,800 cases of faculty being targeted for protected expression—with, by my count, more than 70% resulting in some form of sanction.
On Wednesday, the Treasury Department also issued sanctions against four companies that it said were either operating in Venezuela’s oil sector or as accompanying oil tankers.
From Los Angeles Times
Following the end of the war on April 30, 1975, embargoes and sanctions stymied Vietnam’s economy and access to global culture – except for Sweden.
From Salon
The sanctioned supertanker is in sight just a half mile away, according to the officials.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
