blockade-running
- a word derived from blockade-runner.
Example Sentences
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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
To circumvent the blockage of the North Sea, the company outfitted its own fleet of fast blockade-running ships.
From Time Magazine Archive
Nothing new in classic blockade-running has been developed.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
The next event of importance in the history of the Bahamas was the rise of the blockade-running trade, consequent on the closing of the southern ports of America by the Federals in 1861.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" by Various
