blockade
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Since negotiations broke down in early April, the U.S. has imposed a blockade.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026
But another U.S. blockade is having even more of an impact.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
The increase marks the first hike in automobile fuel prices in India since the war broke out in February, prompting Iran's near-total blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
It would allow for condemnation of vessels not on any sanctions list, as well as neutral vessels trying to break the blockade.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
Through the broken doorway was a fallen tower of trunks and dressers; a failed blockade.
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
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The American Civil War
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