embargo

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I think it’s good to draw attention to the oil embargo that the U.S. has in effect, but also there is an element to what you did that looked from the outside like disaster tourism.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

Very briefly, the 1973-74 oil embargo began after the “Yom Kippur” Arab-Israeli war.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

Cuba, which has been under a US embargo since 1962, confirmed last Friday that it is indeed in talks with its powerful neighbor.

From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026

Europe and Asia can thank former House Speaker Paul Ryan, who in 2015 drove legislation to overturn the U.S. embargo on oil exports that was imposed in 1975.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

Two years earlier the Organization of Arab Oil Exporting Countries had begun an embargo.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides