Sentence examples for imposing a blockade from inspiring English sources

Saudi Arabia and the UAE have rejected U.S. arbitration, along with Egypt and Bahrain, who had joined them in breaking relations and imposing a blockade of Qatar.

There is also possibly the more sinister motive of imposing a blockade on news reports while al-Sadr and the city of Najaf are "dealt with".

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell announced this week that he is imposing a blockade on President Obama's nominations to the circuit courts.

For years, Hamas has criticized Israel and Egypt for imposing a blockade on the Palestinian enclave and restricting the movement of its residents.

A Saudi-led coflition of Arab states had just severed diplomatic and economic ties, imposing a blockade that sent people rushing to the grocery stores to stockpile food.

Hence, some call for "merely" imposing a blockade on China along the first island chain (which stretches from Japan to Taiwan and through the Philippines) in order to defeat an aggressive China without risking a nuclear war.

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.

During the Civil War, Union ships imposed a blockade on Confederate ports.

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