sanctioned
Example Sentences
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About 70% of the country’s oil exports rely on a fleet of sanctioned vessels now being targeted by U.S. government.
No one seemed too unsettled by the moral or bodily hazard, not the least of all the state of Florida, which sanctioned the mismatch.
To be clear, this was a sanctioned professional contest, not a scripted event - and the storyline it produced was mundane and predictably one-sided.
From BBC
The individuals sanctioned by the UK government are:
From BBC
Investors parked money in safe havens ahead of tomorrow’s CPI report and in reaction to a U.S. blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers going into and out of Venezuela.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
