Sentence examples for impose a blockade from inspiring English sources

British forces controlled important roads leading in and out of the city, but did not impose a blockade.

Vietnam then dispatched an oil rig to drill there, and it was China's turn to impose a blockade.

With superior numbers of warships, Great Britain could impose a blockade that gradually weakened Germany by preventing imports from overseas.

In 1989 the conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh led Azerbaijan to impose a blockade, closing a vital natural gas pipeline to Armenia.

It has been four years since Hamas took over, prompting Israel and Egypt to impose a blockade on people and most goods.

But the Prize cases concerned whether President Lincoln had the power to impose a blockade of Confederate ports without Congressional authorization — not in the face of a Congressional ban.

Israel imposed a blockade on Gaza after Hamas took control of the territory in June 2007.

Israeli forces later imposed a blockade on Bani Naim in response to the attack.

Israel and the West imposed a blockade, hoping to squeeze the new rulers from power.

Israel then imposed a blockade on the Gaza Strip, sealing border crossings and heavily restricting imports.

Since March this year a Saudi-led coalition of Sunni Gulf states has bombed Yemen and imposed a blockade of its ports.