blockade
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Baqaei also listed the situation in the strait and a US blockade of Iranian ports as issues to be examined.
From Barron's • May 22, 2026
“It’s hard to imagine that a weekslong blockade is going to achieve something different than 3.5 years of little exports did.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
In a post on social media Centcom said the ship was "suspected of attempting to violate the US blockade by transiting toward an Iranian port".
From BBC • May 21, 2026
"The fact that these flights are visible through open-source tracking tools suggests they are intended to deter attempts to break the oil blockade and apply pressure on the Cuban government," Janes told BBC Verify.
From BBC • May 20, 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
Vocabulary lists containing blockade
The American Civil War
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The American Revolution - Introductory
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Unit 1: Telling Details
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