sanction
Example Sentences
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It was not immediately clear if the vessel seized was under US sanctions.
From Barron's
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
About 70% of the country’s oil exports rely on a fleet of sanctioned vessels now being targeted by U.S. government.
No one seemed too unsettled by the moral or bodily hazard, not the least of all the state of Florida, which sanctioned the mismatch.
To be clear, this was a sanctioned professional contest, not a scripted event - and the storyline it produced was mundane and predictably one-sided.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
