interdict
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The notion that America can interdict China’s oil supply and impair its access to crude is “stupid, stupid, stupid,” Papic emphasizes.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 22, 2026
By contrast, a blockade allows US warships to loiter safely, far offshore in the waters of the Gulf of Oman, track vessels emerging from Iranian ports and interdict them at will.
From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2026
The Coast Guard, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has law-enforcement authority to interdict ships in international waters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 12, 2026
He said U.S. forces would interdict vessels and clear potential mines, while also signaling a readiness to escalate militarily if needed.
From Salon ● Apr. 12, 2026
In 1179 he attended the Lateran Council at Rome, and in 1181 by the pope’s order he laid Scotland under an interdict.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" by Various
Environmental and community groups have sued companies including Shell in recent months, winning temporary interdicts that caused searches to be called off.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 7, 2022
Their resentments were revived with additional bitterness; new affronts were offered to the Archbishop, which brought on new excommunications and interdicts.
From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 07 (of 12) by Edmund Burke
The interdicts of the Courts were not merely disobeyed—they were literally torn in pieces and trampled under foot by incensed assemblies, amidst the applause of multitudes.
From Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland by Henry B. Stanton
Nor deem, O king, that cold Suspicion taints Our valiant leader, or his wish prevents; Great is our monarch, and his dread command To our brave captain interdicts the land Till Indian earth he tread.
From The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem by Luís de Camões
True pride is the just feeling man has of his moral dignity, and which interdicts him to humble the human personality in others, or to allow it to be humbled in himself.
From Elements of Morals With Special Application of the Moral Law to the Duties of the Individual and of Society and the State by Paul Janet
"The interdicted vessel, M/T Sophia, was operating in international waters and conducting illicit activities in the Caribbean Sea. The US Coast Guard is escorting M/T Sophia to the U.S. for final disposition."
From BBC ● Jan. 7, 2026
Noem did not share any identifying information of the tanker, and it was not immediately clear if the interdicted vessel was under US sanctions.
From Barron's ● Dec. 20, 2025
The threat has left tankers stuck off the coast of Venezuela, with shipping data showing some vessels making U-turns rather than risk being interdicted.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 17, 2025
On March 1, Lebanon’s Finance Ministry announced it interdicted a suitcase with $2.5 million from someone arriving at Beirut airport — presumably a cash infusion for the group.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2025
It was but fifteen minutes after that we approached the wharves of our interdicted city.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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Although China's ability to sever undersea communications cables, cyber attacks and interdicting maritime trade are the primary risk for Australia, "the direct strike threat is real and growing", the report said.
From Barron's ● Jun. 14, 2026
“They are interdicting stuff 40 to 70 kilometers from the front line. Previously, for those effects, you needed to fly manned aircraft.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 30, 2025
Border Patrol said Operation Return to Sender “focused on interdicting those who have broken U.S. federal law, trafficking of dangerous substances, non-citizen criminals, and disrupting the transportation routes used by Transnational Criminal Organizations.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2025
“They don’t have air superiority, so their main way of interdicting this equipment is to strike facilities when the equipment is stationary,” Lee said.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 1, 2022
Both clearly see the strange, romantic threads restraining them within coercive limits, interdicting helpful alliances while leading all at divergent angles of cross-purpose.
From Oswald Langdon or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1898 by Carson Jay Lee
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