embargo
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The results for intismeran were unexpectedly published on Thursday due to a broken embargo, rather than being revealed during a presentation on Saturday at the European Society of Medical Oncology’s conference in Madrid.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026
The attacks occurred after the leak, but before the embargo was lifted on the PHP warning.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
El quarterback Jacoby Brissett y los Cardinals, sin embargo, remontaron gracias a una falta personal tras un pase completado.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
The bodega and ration book system was implemented by late revolutionary leader Fidel Castro in 1963, after the United States placed the island under embargo.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
The U.S. government struck back by imposing a trade embargo on Cuba, blocking the sale of Cuban sugar in the United States—a devastating blow to Cuba’s economy.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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If the verdict is upheld by the appeal board it is likely City will face severe sanctions, which could include heavy points deductions, a large fine and transfer embargoes.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
After the 1973 oil crisis, when embargoes led to gas rationing, the country banned crude-oil exports.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
Because a blockade is recognized in international law as an act of war, governments more often characterize their efforts to isolate an adversary as sanctions, embargoes or quarantines that suggest narrower goals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
“Like quotas and embargoes, tariffs are a traditional and common tool to regulate importation,” he wrote in a 63-page dissent.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2026
In an effort to stop Japan, President Franklin Roosevelt imposed ever-increasing embargoes on materiel, such as scrap metal and aviation fuel.
From "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand
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Drugmakers and medical conferences often share an embargoed version of a study with members of the media, who agree not to publish or share the findings with anyone before an agreed-upon publication time.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026
On Jan. 9 of this year, the U.S. seized the Olina, which then-Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said had departed Venezuela and was “suspected of carrying embargoed oil.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
According to Homeland Security chief Kristi Noem, the Olina was "another 'ghost fleet' tanker ship suspected of carrying embargoed oil."
From Barron's ● Jan. 9, 2026
“I see, I know and I follow it, but I’m embargoed to say nothing. The public, though — there will be quite a reaction, I’ll say.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 2025
By mutual agreement, Robinson joined the ranks of officers embargoed from A-block because they couldn’t deal with the sergeant.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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The publisher, Penguin Random House, has tried to keep the book under tight wraps, embargoing the contents and only shipping it to bookstores just before its scheduled release.
From New York Times ● Jan. 5, 2023
“A lot of people are wondering if you actually achieve anything by embargoing your results when everybody else can figure out how to do it anyway.”
From Slate ● Feb. 22, 2019
There are many voices rightly calling for embargoing arms deliveries into South Sudan and a U.N.
From Time ● Oct. 6, 2016
Security Council resolution embargoing the transfer of missile technology to North Korea.
From Time Magazine Archive
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But there was the stark fact: the President was embargoing the export of gold.
From Time Magazine Archive
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