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Example sentences for: embargo

How can you use “embargo” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

He vows to end the embargo and warm up relations with the United States.
In retaliation, the US government launched a trade embargo in 1960 against Cuba that continues to this day.
If the Pope, in his turn, increases the pressure against the embargo, he will participate once again in collapse of a Communist regime."
It was Iraq that had wanted a meeting of foreign ministers held, followed by a summit, in order to get the embargo against it lifted, the paper said.
It's conceivable we could justify continuing to cause pain and death if the embargo fueled enough discontent to cause Castro's overthrow.