embargo on

Frequency: 8.619.1 per million words

Used to specify what goods or activities are restricted.

embargoNOUN + PREPOSITION

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on

Examples (10)

  • The UN imposed a strict embargo on oil imports to the rogue nation.
  • The international community has decided to lift the embargo on medical supplies.
  • There is a long-standing arms embargo on the war-torn country.
  • Several countries have placed a partial embargo on the export of advanced microchips.
  • The government put an embargo on selling luxury goods to the dictatorship.
  • By the time the sanctions were announced, the nation had already faced an embargo on all trade for a year.
  • Is the current embargo on seafood from that region still in effect?
  • The economic embargo on specific agricultural products has hurt local farmers.
  • Violating the embargo on strategic minerals could lead to severe international penalties.
  • Analysts predict that the embargo on software exports will be tightened next year.