blockade

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The working document calls for Iran to ease its chokehold on the strait and for the U.S. to wind back its blockade of Iranian ports during the 30 days of talks, the people said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

The Americans must in turn "lift their blockade of Hormuz and take advantage of Iran's willingness to negotiate on key issues," the Elysee representative added.

From Barron's • May 6, 2026

US Central Command said on Wednesday it had shot at and disabled an Iranian-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman that was trying to break the blockade.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

Framed as a humanitarian mission to help ships and starving crews locked up in the Strait against their will, this was also a tactical move to break the Iranian blockade and restore energy flows.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

To them I am only Adah or, to my sisters sometimes, the drear monosyllabic Ade, lemonade, Band-Aid, frayed blockade, switchblade renegade, call a spade a spade.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver