Embargo

//ɪmˈbɑɹɡoʊ//

"Embargo" in a Sentence (10 examples)

The U.S. is calling for an arms embargo against violators of the treaty.

Opposition to the embargo was growing.

The United States needed ten years of embargo in order to weaken Iraq.

Do you think there's any possibility that the embargo will be lifted soon?

The US never imposed a trade embargo on Algeria.

Venezuela is also under US embargo.

Instead he [Jefferson] proposed an embargo, an end to all trade between America and England.

This copy of the federal budget is under embargo until 2 p.m.

They were delighted with the idea of their mamma having forgiven Louisa, but sorry, she thought, such a public proof of her pardon necessary as that of giving a party; for the sisters well knew how great an embargo it would lay on the purses of Helen and Georgiana;...

Embargoed until after first reading in Parliament

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