blockade
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Energy analytics company Vortexa recently estimated there were some 90 million barrels of Iranian oil outside of the blockade, most or all of which left Iranian waters before the closure began.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
Paz has so far emphasized the need for dialogue but not ruled out using "constitutional instruments" to end the blockade of La Paz -- an allusion to declaring a state of emergency.
From Barron's • May 27, 2026
Iran is eager to secure financial relief after the war and U.S. blockade added to the pressure of what was already a spiraling economic crisis.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026
Thousands of Indians are among the estimated 20,000 seafarers stranded by the Strait of Hormuz blockade.
From Barron's • May 25, 2026
Germany was incapable now of defending itself, and the continuing Allied blockade of German ports was causing increasing misery.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
Vocabulary lists containing blockade
The American Civil War
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