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blockade

[blo-keyd] / blɒˈkeɪd /


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Ships leaving from Iranian ports would be the main targets of the blockade.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

The U.S. blockade in the Strait of Hormuz has stopped eight oil tankers.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026

On Tuesday, Centcom, which oversees U.S. forces in the region, said that no ships got through its blockade of Iranian ports in its first 24 hours.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

Data from Kpler show that traffic through the Straight of Hormuz has ticked higher in recent days, despite the U.S. blockade of the waterway.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026

For the first year of the Leningrad blockade, Yekaterina lived on not much more than a daily ration of soup made with boiled water and four slices of brown bread.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein




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