embargo

Example Sentences

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There are spoiler embargoes aplenty so there’s a limit to what can be said about the first four new episodes out for review.

From Los Angeles Times

The inquest heard that Cambridgeshire County Council had placed an ongoing embargo upon HC-One, preventing referrals to their three remaining homes in the area.

From BBC

“I always think about Cuba, stuck in the 1950s and 1960s purely as a result of a unilateral embargo by the United States.”

From New York Times

The inquest heard that Cambridgeshire County Council has placed an ongoing embargo upon HC-One, preventing referrals to their three remaining homes in the area.

From BBC

Under an existing protocol, Brazil must impose a nationwide beef export embargo when a case is detected, while submitting information to China.

From Reuters