Sentence examples for for blockade from inspiring English sources

4 45 p.m. It's on to Film Forum for "Blockade," a Russian documentary about the German siege of Leningrad during World War II.

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.

For blockade conditions, additionally 10 μM unlabeled belatacept was added to the tracer solution.

Asp5, Pro6, and Arg7 in loop 1 are critical for blockade of both the α9α10 and the α7 subtypes.

This includes (1) testing for blockade of IKr or hERG-mediated potassium current in heterologous cell systems, (2) measurement of effects on the myocardial action potential in vitro; and (3) assessment of effects on the ECG in a well-conducted in vivo study.

When the offer was refused, Governor Pettus asked Blackburn to travel to Canada to collect provisions for blockade runners there.

The fort was seized by Confederate troops in 1861 at the beginning of the American Civil War and became a centre for blockade-running until its capture by Union forces in 1862.

Sestak signed a letter accusing Israel of 'collective punishment' for blockading Hamas in Gaza.

She recalled the gory Truth Trucks driving around town and the 1991 "Summer of Mercy" protests, when hundreds were arrested for blockading Dr. Tiller's clinic.

With logistical processing increasingly concentrated in large centres, the potential for blockades to exert political leverage is huge.

A month ago, we launched a major national campaign to hold Republicans accountable for blockading Medicaid in every state where they're doing so.