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blockade

[blo-keyd] / blɒˈkeɪd /


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But the commodity rebounded on Monday as Iran closed the waterway again, citing the blockade and seizure.

From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026

Meade was skeptical that the U.S. would be able to maintain a strict blockade of the strait for a sustained period.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 21, 2026

The Touska was sailing to the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas when it was warned repeatedly over a six hours by the USS Spruance, a guided-missile destroyer, that it was violating the blockade, U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

The blockade is making things worse, with Russian and Canadian airlines suspending flights to Cuba after the government said it was running out of jet fuel.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2026

Finally, the Allied blockade of German ports would continue until a peace treaty was signed.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman




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