blockade
Example Sentences
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US forces have disabled eight vessels and redirected 134 others since initiating the blockade on 13 April, according to Centcom.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
A police blockade prevented the demonstrators from reaching the stadium.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
How did the timing work out, considering the recent blockade?
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026
President Trump told the New York Post in an interview that the blockade in Iran could last until Labor Day, though he added that he thought that possibility was “unlikely.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026
They helped Håkon up again and supported him around the blockade.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
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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