blockade
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It followed a series of skirmishes centered on U.S. efforts to enforce its blockade of Iranian ports and Tehran’s actions to keep shipping through the Strait of Hormuz bottled up.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
A police blockade prevented the demonstrators from reaching the stadium.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
How did the timing work out, considering the recent blockade?
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026
That comes as President Donald Trump told the New York Post in an interview published Wednesday that the U.S. naval blockade around the Strait of Hormuz could last through Labor Day.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026
There, Horace Hunley and his partners intended to operate the submarine as a privateer, helping the Confederacy break the blockade the North had placed on Southern ports.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
Vocabulary lists containing blockade
The American Civil War
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The American Revolution - Introductory
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Unit 1: Telling Details
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