blockade
Example Sentences
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The Bella 1, an oil tanker far larger than any Coast Guard ship, has been fleeing the U.S. blockade of sanctioned vessels heading in and out of Venezuela.
The new law carries prison terms of 15 to 20 years for people promoting or supporting such blockades, or fines of over a million dollars.
From Barron's
That would be the third tanker subject to interception under the blockade.
From Los Angeles Times
The Coast Guard has taken the lead on the seizures so far, indicating that the actions are a law-enforcement operation rather than a military blockade.
Oil futures settled higher as the U.S. stepped up actions to enforce a blockade of tankers entering or leaving Venezuela, and Ukraine continued strikes on Russia’s oil infrastructure.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
