blockade

Example Sentences

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Even so, Sybiha said Ukraine’s forceful breaking of the blockade held a strategy lesson for the Middle East.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

Iran's virtual blockade of Hormuz has sent oil and gas prices soaring and pushed countries around the world to enact measures to contain the fallout.

From Barron's • Apr. 6, 2026

The blockade has already kept about half a billion barrels of oil from the market and pushed up prices by around 40%.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

Its Soviet-era power grid already needed upgrades before the blockade; now without fuel, Cubans can’t commute to work or school.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

The United States defied the blockade with a massive airlift of supply planes that flew over Soviet forces and directly into Tempelhof Airport in the Western sector of Berlin.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau