Example Sentences
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Competing blockades around the Strait of Hormuz maritime oil trade route pushed up energy prices, sending shipping costs soaring.
From Barron's ● Jun. 21, 2026
The blockades, led by miners, farmers and indigenous groups, are part of protests which started at the end of April.
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026
The memorandum also includes lifting U.S. and Iranian blockades in the Strait of Hormuz.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
Ending the dueling blockades in the deal’s first phase would help the global economy, and especially Iran’s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
We were trying to outwit Death on this trip, rise above it, penetrate the blockades it put up between us and May.
From "Missing May" by Cynthia Rylant
