blockade

Example Sentences

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“A U.S. blockade on oil shipments to Cuba has plunged the island into its worst energy crisis in modern history,” my colleague Kate Linthicum reported from Havana.

From Los Angeles Times • 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

But on Wednesday, he seemed to walk back that stance, and said a key part of the ongoing negotiations hinged on Iran ending the de facto blockade on the strait.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

Washington slightly eased the blockade last month to allow oil sales to Cuba's small private sector.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

For the first year of the Leningrad blockade, Yekaterina lived on not much more than a daily ration of soup made with boiled water and four slices of brown bread.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein