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The Oscar-nominated supervising sound editor Matthew Wood, a 24-year Lucasfilm veteran, incorporated effects from the original film — the steady metallic hum of Luke Skywalker’s lightsaber, the putter of Princess Leia’s blockade-running ship.

From New York Times • Sep. 25, 2014

But now any similarity between Butler, that blockade-running profiteer, and Brown is frankly causing the Governor to give a damn.

From Time Magazine Archive

Nothing new in classic blockade-running has been developed.

From Time Magazine Archive

During the Civil War the Southern Baptists evangelized fervently among Confederate soldiers, financed their foreign missions in part by blockade-running cotton exports to England.

From Time Magazine Archive

We are not likely to find many people here who speak French, for the visiting portion of the population must be people who are engaged in blockade-running.

From Fighting for the Right by Shute, A. B.