blockade
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Prime Minister Keir Starmer and President Emmanuel Macron of France said their countries won’t join the U.S. in enforcing a blockade of the strait.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
Saudi Arabia is pressing the U.S. to end its Strait of Hormuz blockade, fearing Iran could retaliate by disrupting the Bab al-Mandeb shipping route.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
U.S. stocks rose as the U.S. blockade in the Strait of Hormuz got under way and crude prices increased.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
But a blockade could be tough to enforce, wrote Helima Croft, an analyst with RBC Capital Markets, in a note on Sunday.
From Barron's • Apr. 13, 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
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