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It is blockading energy shipments and supplies for fertilizer and manufacturing and threatening theme parks and cultural sites worldwide through its proxy network.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

I am one of the officers of the English admiral who commands the fleet that has destroyed their war-ships and is blockading their towns.

From With Cochrane the Dauntless by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

Yes, he, the villain who is blockading Havana and destroying our ships.

From A Prisoner of Morro In the Hands of the Enemy by Sinclair, Upton

Villeneuve pushed Collingwood's tiny squadron aside and entered Cadiz, where the combined fleet now numbered nearly forty ships of the line, and Collingwood, with delightful coolness, solemnly resumed his blockade—four ships, that is, blockading forty!

From Deeds that Won the Empire Historic Battle Scenes by Fitchett, W. H. (William Henry)