blockade
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Vitol scrambled to replace cargoes trapped behind Iran’s Hormuz blockade.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026
Suffolk Police also confirmed two people had been charged with wilful obstruction of the highway over a blockade at the base on Saturday.
From BBC • Apr. 5, 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
Some 20 French boats set sail from Marseille on Saturday to join up with an international flotilla making a renewed effort to break an Israeli blockade and deliver aid to Gaza, AFP reporters saw.
From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026
The moral aspects of the military blockade as a weapon in times of peace had been bothering me.
From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes
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Unit 1: Telling Details
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