interdict

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It’s easier to interdict and harder to preserve the logistics that support troops at the front.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 5, 2025

He later explained that he was using a definition employed by the Border Patrol that defines “operational control” as “the ability to detect, respond and interdict border penetrations in areas deemed as high priority.”

From New York Times • Jan. 31, 2024

Mr. Hannas recommended the federal government establish a National Science and Technology Analysis Center outside the intelligence community to forecast, analyze, diminish and interdict foreign threats to U.S. science and technology.

From Washington Times • Oct. 19, 2023

He donated 500 acres of open land in Riverside County to a sanctuary for donkeys and gave $5 million to the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society to purchase a ship used to interdict in whaling operations.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 26, 2023

Gregory X. placed the rebellious city under an interdict; in 1278 Cardinal Latini by order of Nicholas III. effected a truce, which lasted for four years.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" by Various