sanctioning

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He also addressed the recent sanctioning by the US of his predecessor, Joseph Kabila, for allegedly supporting rebel groups.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

The department also targeted an illicit oil-smuggling network run by Iran’s elite, sanctioning more than two dozen people, companies and vessels.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

The law said the president in response to a national emergency may deal with an “unusual and extraordinary threat” by freezing assets or sanctioning a foreign country or otherwise regulating trade.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026

It said it will be sanctioning multiple entities, individuals and vessels to “stem the flow of revenue that the regime in Tehran uses to support terrorism abroad and repress its citizens.”

From MarketWatch • Feb. 6, 2026

Unfortunately the royal government had been misled into sanctioning the imposition upon these people of burdens "almost too heavy to be borne."

From The History of Cuba, vol. 1 by Johnson, Willis Fletcher