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  • noun Plural form of embargo.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of embargo.

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Examples

  • In their ultimate objective of bringing Britain to its knees, the embargoes were a total failure.

    RETURN TO PROSPERITY Arthur B. Laffer 2010

  • When the opposition parties aren't given the opportunity to formally respond i don't see why they have to comply with any "embargoes".

    Charles Clarke Isn't Resigning 2006

  • Far from creating "embargoes" on the exchange of cultural property, as has been claimed by groups having an interest in maintaining the unfettered "anything goes" atmosphere of the art trade, the CCPIA is helping to make long needed distinctions between the legal, documented trade and that fueled by illicit and clandestine sources.

    UNESCO Convention Under Fire 2000

  • (or for that matter other forms of bullying (such as embargoes)).

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed 2009

  • The Commerce Department action is part of a probe looking into how a set of at least 13 Blue Coat devices ended up censoring the Internet in Syria, a country subject to strict U.S. trade embargoes.

    U.S. Restricts U.A.E. Firm for Web Filter Sale to Syria Paul Sonne 2011

  • We wonder if the Western world will eventually turn to the same kind of trade embargoes that were used to bring an end to apartheid in South Africa.

    Gay Couple Sentenced To 14 Years In Malawi « 2010

  • However, the devices—which can block websites or record when people visit them—made their way to Syria, a country subject to strict U.S. trade embargoes.

    U.S. Firm Acknowledges Syria Uses Its Gear to Block Web Jennifer Valentino-DeVries 2011

  • Israel began its existence as a developing nation with all of the challenges that entails, and many others, like mass immigration, and boycotts and other embargoes laid against it.

    Danny Ayalon: Learning from the 'Jewish Spring' Danny Ayalon 2011

  • Producers have always faced occasional supply disruptions, caused by events ranging from oil embargoes to civil wars, especially as businesses have grown more global.

    For Lean Factories, No Buffer Timothy Aeppel 2011

  • For years Palestinian militant groups such as Hamas have fired these homemade rockets into Israeli towns and settlements as a means of resistance against the IDF and Israeli occupation or embargoes.

    Boing Boing 2009

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