Sentence examples for like a blockade from inspiring English sources
At the same time, the linebackers and cornerbacks cover the middle like a blockade.
Overwhelming force was used to purge the Islamist protest encampments in two Cairo squares on Wednesday despite pledges of restraint and open discussion about the use of more passive strategies like a blockade.
In a 2008 talk at the Yale School of Management, Gary T. DiCamillo, a former chief executive at Polaroid, said one reason that the company went out of business was that the revenue it was reaping from film sales acted like a blockade to any experimentation with new business models.
"I'm sure the Trump administration was not threatening war but that sounds like a blockade, which is generally considered to be an act of war".
"Besides, any country in the world facing a blockade like ours without a revolution like ours, it would not have survived for so long.
Cuba likes to call the embargo a "blockade" because of its draconian, militaristic ring.
More dramatic responses — like military action or a blockade of Iran's oil industry — are unlikely because of resistance from Russia and China, concerns about destabilizing a region already convulsed by turmoil, and fears of driving up oil prices and rattling the global economy.
"I don't see [VR experimentation] being a blockade, like a one-off thing you do by yourself in the seclusion of your home.
Tokyo should explore military options -- like a naval blockade -- for dealing with Pyongyang and should repeal Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution in order to facilitate such options.
Some pointed out flaws in its basic symbolism, as a red arrow – the colour of US Republicanism – striking to the right, through what people said looked like a blue blockade.
