blockade
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As well as blocking roads, protesters are in place at fuel terminals in Foynes in County Limerick, as well as at Galway Port and a blockade continues at the Whitegate Oil Refinery in east Cork.
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
On Thursday afternoon, a small number of new trucks joined the blockade of O'Connell Street in Dublin.
From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026
Recent reports also suggest the country is accepting stablecoins, pegged to currencies such as the dollar, as payment for letting ships through its blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
Any such operation, if ordered, would risk significant casualties, considering that Iran relies on drones, missiles and small speedboats to strike vessels that attempt to defy its blockade.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
The United States, meanwhile, had become a major supplier of arms to the Allies—by this time, because of the blockade of German ports, the only available buyers.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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