embargo

It was the first time alerts have been issued in Riyadh since the Houthis increased their attacks and declared a "maritime embargo" on the Saudis in July.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

But the Arab oil embargo that fall flattened the housing market, and Remax’s backers pulled out, leaving the fledgling firm, at its lowest point, more than $600,000 in debt.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

The former Bosnia international joined a club under a transfer embargo, confining them to free transfers and loans, but still made them promotion contenders.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

Since January, a US fuel embargo has worsened prolonged power and water cuts.

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

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

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

After the 1973 oil crisis, when embargoes led to gas rationing, the country banned crude-oil exports.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026

Because a blockade is recognized in international law as an act of war, governments more often characterize their efforts to isolate an adversary as sanctions, embargoes or quarantines that suggest narrower goals.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026

US economic and trade embargoes on Cuba have been in place since 1960.

From BBC ● Feb. 13, 2026

They are tied to tariffs risks, as in the case with gold, silver and copper, and unpredictable seizures and embargoes, as is the case with oil and gas.

From Barron's ● Jan. 22, 2026

In an effort to stop Japan, President Franklin Roosevelt imposed ever-increasing embargoes on materiel, such as scrap metal and aviation fuel.

From "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand

On Jan. 9 of this year, the U.S. seized the Olina, which then-Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said had departed Venezuela and was “suspected of carrying embargoed oil.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026

According to Homeland Security chief Kristi Noem, the Olina was "another 'ghost fleet' tanker ship suspected of carrying embargoed oil."

From Barron's ● Jan. 9, 2026

“I see, I know and I follow it, but I’m embargoed to say nothing. The public, though — there will be quite a reaction, I’ll say.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 2025

But a number of 2024 new-year honours recipients issued their own embargoed press releases weeks in advance.

From BBC ● Dec. 21, 2023

By mutual agreement, Robinson joined the ranks of officers embargoed from A-block because they couldn’t deal with the sergeant.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

The publisher, Penguin Random House, has tried to keep the book under tight wraps, embargoing the contents and only shipping it to bookstores just before its scheduled release.

From New York Times ● Jan. 5, 2023

“A lot of people are wondering if you actually achieve anything by embargoing your results when everybody else can figure out how to do it anyway.”

From Slate ● Feb. 22, 2019

There are many voices rightly calling for embargoing arms deliveries into South Sudan and a U.N.

From Time ● Oct. 6, 2016

The OAS agreed on an embargo on arms sales to Trujillo; the U.S., which had long been embargoing the arms, went further.

From Time Magazine Archive

Later that day we had a glimpse of other dangers: Arab oil producers began embargoing all sales of oil to the U.S.

From Time Magazine Archive