embargo

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Treasurys start to rise, as investors concluded that the oil embargo would lead to the end of low energy prices and much higher inflation in the U.S.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026

Both “The Handmaid’s Tale” and “The Testaments” were written as historic documents gathered from a fallen regime; it doesn’t break any embargo to say that at some point Gilead will fall.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

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

Following the oil embargo induced by the 1973 war in the Middle East, it was Kissinger’s diplomacy that created the International Energy Agency and its strategic oil stocks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

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

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides