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Six example sentences with blockade, each labelled with its topic.
Union ships ringed southern harbors for four years, and the blockade slowly starved the Confederacy of imported goods.
History
Berlin's citizens survived a year of airlifted coal and flour while the blockade sealed every road and rail line.
Economics
Diplomats spent thirteen days arguing whether a naval blockade of the island would be read as an act of aggression.
Politics
Under the law of the sea, a blockade binds neutral ships only if it is declared openly and enforced without gaps.
Law
Margaret Mitchell's Rhett Butler grows rich running the blockade with cargoes of silk, coffee, and needles for Atlanta's ladies.
Literature
Shipping shares fell by a third the morning the blockade was announced, since no insurer would cover a cargo bound for the port.
Finance
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