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That blockade centered on the Bab al Mandeb strait, the only southbound route for Saudi tankers headed to Asian markets.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026

Andreas Krieg, a security expert at King's College London, said: "A simultaneous crisis at Hormuz and Bab al-Mandeb would produce a much larger shock than either blockade alone".

From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026

The day before the Houthis announced their blockade, 20 vessels entered the Red Sea and 22 exited via the Bab al-Mandeb strait, according to maritime intelligence firm Kpler.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

Ship captains won’t want to risk going through the maritime blockade, and insurance becomes very expensive, he noted.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026

A blockade was better than an immediate air strike, which could lead so quickly to all-out war.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

Paz on June 20 declared a state of emergency after nearly two months of opposition road blockades over his handling of Bolivia's worst crisis in four decades.

From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026

In recent years it has stepped up military drills near Taiwan, including simulating blockades on the island.

From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026

Iran, Russia and North Korea have all built elaborate apparatuses to skirt financial blockades.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026

The memorandum also includes lifting U.S. and Iranian blockades in the Strait of Hormuz.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026

It had quickly become obvious that they wouldn’t be able to maintain over five hundred different blockades or fend off the massive influx of gunters.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

“Our commerce in the Mediterranean was blockaded; and that of the Atlantic in peril,” Jefferson wrote External link in his message to Congress on Dec. 8, 1801.

From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026

The Strait of Hormuz, which normally carries one-fifth of global oil output, remains largely blockaded as a stop-start US-Iran peace process unfolds, dealing a blow to Gulf exporters and sending energy prices soaring.

From Barron's ● May 27, 2026

A pipeline from the oilfields of Abu Dhabi runs to Fujairah, allowing limited amounts of crude to be loaded on to tankers and shipped to world markets despite the strait being effectively blockaded.

From BBC ● May 4, 2026

Only 40% of Iran’s trade can be redirected away from blockaded ports, the Iranian Shipping Association said Thursday via the Fars news agency, which is affiliated with Iran’s security services.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026

Leningrad, Russia’s old capital, was under attack and had been blockaded by the German army since September 8, 1941.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

ICE reported a half-dozen arrests outside the facility after masked agents used force against protestors who they said were blockading the entrances to the facility.

From Salon ● May 30, 2026

Elsewhere, police dismantled a makeshift barrier erected by protesters blockading western Galway docks.

From Barron's ● Apr. 12, 2026

But Senator Mark Warner of Virginia, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, told CNN on Sunday: "I don't understand how blockading the strait is going to somehow push the Iranians into opening it."

From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2026

It is blockading energy shipments and supplies for fertilizer and manufacturing and threatening theme parks and cultural sites worldwide through its proxy network.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 25, 2026

The British believed that by blockading German shipping lanes and seaports, they could starve Germany into submission.

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