blockade

Example Sentences

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The joint statement agreed that dialogue and diplomacy were "the only viable option to resolve conflicts", and it called for waterways, including the blockaded strait, to be protected.

From BBC

The island has been feeling the effects of the blockade with most hospitals unable to function normally and schools and government offices being forced to close.

From BBC

A Russian oil tanker was set to deliver the first crude shipment to Cuba since January on Tuesday after Washington gave the crisis-hit island a reprieve from an effective fuel blockade.

From Barron's

Washington slightly eased the blockade last month to allow oil sales to Cuba's small private sector.

From Barron's

This crisis has been further worsened by the de facto fuel blockade.

From BBC