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Example sentences for: embargo

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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.
Americans who want a decent smoke can smuggle Cohibas, but caviar enthusiasts can survive the Iranian embargo legally by calling the Browne Trading Co. in Portland, Maine, at (800) 944-7848.
Tudjman retained enough American support that the United States even allowed retired U.S. military officers to train the Croatian military, despite an arms embargo.
The papers all note that despite the new measures, the Clinton administration is nonetheless resisting bipartisan calls for a more sweeping opening to Cuba, such as dropping the 37-year-old economic embargo altogether.
This disclosure, bizarrely enough, is apparently designed to get the U.S. to lift its near-total economic embargo on North Korea.