blockade
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The Berlin Blockade, a Soviet-backed coup in Czechoslovakia, Mao’s victory in China and North Korea’s invasion of South Korea transformed Truman into a reluctant hawk.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026
Climate activists approach the task at hand from myriad perspectives: Blockade a senator’s office door.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 9, 2024
Blockade survivor Irina Zimneva, 85, told The Associated Press that she’s still haunted by memories of the tiny food rations distributed to residents during the deadly winter of 1941-1942.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 27, 2024
In 1807, Napoléon implemented his Continental System, or Continental Blockade, that required that all European ports be closed to English shipping.
From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022
When its badinage was completed, we picked up our instruments and began to play the overture for The Blockade of Boston.
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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The American Civil War
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The American Revolution - Introductory
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