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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

She is now free from any further fear that they will blockade her ports, and can fight the enemy without interference.

From The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 25, April 29, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls by Various

Word has been sent to Turkey that if she oppose the Powers they will blockade Constantinople.

From The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 57, December 9, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls by Bishop, Julia Truitt

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

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