Sentence examples for blanket embargo from inspiring English sources
Before the end of his first year in office, Reagan ordered all Americans remaining in Libya -- some 1,500, mostly oil workers -- to leave or face legal action, and in 1982 he placed a blanket embargo on Libyan oil.
His reluctance to revisit past wounds seems to have led to a blanket embargo on curiosity about himself, which I think has leaked into his work because, despite having made three films about human survival in states of extremity, none has even begun to unravel why people behave as they do.
If, regrettably, the UN's weapons inspectors cannot resume their work, forget about them and the blanket trade embargo; instead set up a new outfit to monitor all sites that have already been inspected and enforce an embargo only on weapons, on imports that could be used to make weapons, and on related financial transactions.This is not free from objections.
Christians in many countries gave funds, but U.S. Christians could only provide certain items, such as blankets and medicine, due to our country's trade embargo against Cuba.
"The embargo doesn't work.
Iran wants the arms embargo lifted.
But the embargo is no longer total.
In June the oil embargo was lifted.
The embargo is just a tool".
