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Plus, the U.S. will blockade the Strait of Hormuz after Iran talks fall apart, and a chatbot relationship proves fatal.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 12, 2026

“I’m supposed to travel abroad soon, and I’m quite worried that Chinese military maneuvers will blockade us, and I won’t be able to go,” he said.

From Washington Post Aug. 3, 2022

After destroying, or ascertaining that I cannot destroy, the vessels at Lepanto, I will go outside the Gulf and blockade Missolonghi, Patras, and the Gulf, hoping the General will blockade them by land.

From The Life of Thomas, Lord Cochrane, Tenth Earl of Dundonald, Vol. II by Dundonald, Thomas Barnes Cochrane, Earl of

You will blockade us; but I will blockade you in my turn.

From Napoleon Bonaparte by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)

The Powers sent word to Greece, that unless the troops are recalled from the frontier, they will blockade all her ports.

From The Great Round World And What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 24, April 22, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls by Bishop, Julia Truitt