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It was the first time alerts have been issued in Riyadh since the Houthis increased their attacks and declared a "maritime embargo" on the Saudis in July.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

The former Bosnia international joined a club under a transfer embargo, confining them to free transfers and loans, but still made them promotion contenders.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

The U.S. has imposed an embargo against Cuba for more than six decades.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

The measure would also bring drones under the arms restriction regime and increase the number of experts scrutinizing the existing embargo.

From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026

His dad, Ambassador Farland, has been recalled to Washington, D.C., because of the embargo.

From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez

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

US sanctions and trade embargoes on Cuba have been in place since the early 1960s.

From BBC ● Mar. 13, 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

Drones meeting the thresholds can be exported without a license to most destinations except sanctioned or embargoed countries and certain prohibited end users.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

The convictions were "a clear warning" to others trying to send supplies to sanctioned or embargoed destinations, Hill added.

From BBC ● Jun. 11, 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

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

But there was the stark fact: the President was embargoing the export of gold.

From Time Magazine Archive

Later that day we had a glimpse of other dangers: Arab oil producers began embargoing all sales of oil to the U.S.

From Time Magazine Archive