blockade
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The ships were not affected by the blockade because they did not report calling at Iranian ports.
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026
Like a ticking clock, the administration’s hope is that pressure on Iran’s oil industry will increase the longer the blockade endures.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
Centcom said on Thursday that in the first 72 hours of the blockade, 14 vessels had "turned around to comply with the blockade at the direction of American forces".
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026
All the same, storage is likely to fill up quickly if the blockade succeeds, according to David Wech, Vortexa’s chief economist.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
In order to break through Octavian’s blockade, Mark Antony had outfitted his 230 ships with 20,000 infantry and 2,000 archers and slingers.
From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby
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