Sentence examples for call for blockade from inspiring English sources
During the American Civil War, Brownsville and Matamoros served as ports of call for blockade runners handling guns and ammunition and for Confederate cotton, and on May 12 and 13, 1865 (a month after the war had ended), a Union force was captured at nearby Palmito Hill by Confederates under General Richard Taylor.
Nor does the resolution call for ending the blockade on Gaza, even though the blockade is also an act of war.
On December 28th Mr Yushchenko called for a blockade of the cabinet building to increase pressure on Mr Yanukovich to concede.There were electoral shenanigans this time.
Amr Moussa, the highest-ranking Arab diplomat to visit in the past three years, entered Gaza from Egypt through the newly opened border terminal at Rafah, and immediately called for the blockade of Gaza to be lifted.
The US technology companies joined together to file a brief (pdf) with New York courts urging judges to strike down a preliminary injunction filed by six film studios of the Motion Picture Association of America MPAAA), which calls for a blockade of the alleged piracy site Movietube.
The UN called for the blockade to be lifted to prevent the deaths of thousands of people and, while Saudi Arabia announced on Thursday that some key air and seaports would be reopened to allow the delivery of food and medicine, agencies have warned only unrestricted access will avert famine.
The opposition has vowed to continue their protest and has called for a blockade of roads, rail and waterways to put pressure on the government.
The Bangladesh National Party - led by former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia - called for the blockade on Sunday to try to force the government to restore the system.
The P.T.I. has called for the blockade of supply lines to N.A.T.O.
He told Radio Indeks, "We will call for a total blockade of the system and institutions".
The other main theme of his speech was the recent war in Gaza and his call for the long Israeli blockade of the coastal strip.
