as in prohibition
an order that something not be done or used
there's a standing embargo against the use of foul language in this house
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Recent Examples of embargo
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
19 June 2026
The United States holds much leverage over how these reforms could go, not just due to the embargo but also to a recent executive order that allows the administration to sanction foreign companies doing business with Cuba, which has caused several to leave the island.
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Nora Gámez Torres,
Miami Herald,
19 June 2026
Kathleen Biggins,
Sun Sentinel,
26 May 2026
No cartel can embargo the wind.
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Jennifer Granholm,
semafor.com,
30 Apr. 2026
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Noun
The social media embargo was actually moved up by several days amid reports of the film’s opening weekend tracking softening, which just goes to show how much these reactions have become a reliable extension of marketing.
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James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
19 June 2026
The United States holds much leverage over how these reforms could go, not just due to the embargo but also to a recent executive order that allows the administration to sanction foreign companies doing business with Cuba, which has caused several to leave the island.
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Nora Gámez Torres,
Miami Herald,
19 June 2026
Verb
And unlike with fossil fuels, renewable energy costs aren’t volatile, and their fuel source — sunbeams and wind currents — cannot be embargoed.
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Kathleen Biggins,
Sun Sentinel,
26 May 2026
No cartel can embargo the wind.
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Jennifer Granholm,
semafor.com,
30 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for embargo
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The company could not secure an exception to the state’s prohibition of the storage of high-level radioactive waste from out of state.
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The prohibition against living people appearing on currency dates to 1866, when Congress took action after a Treasury official, Spencer Clark, printed his face on banknotes.
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Part of the Department of Education's initial policy, which has now been reversed, was excluding nursing programs from the professional definitions.
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The housing bill, formally called the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, can still become law if Trump neither signs it nor vetoes it in 10 days, excluding Sundays.
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The ruling essentially upholds similar bans enacted in 25 other states.
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Congress codified the ban into law in 2020, and said the F-35s could be transferred if Turkey no longer possessed the S-400s.
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Cloud cover prevented a California Highway Patrol helicopter from reaching the injured climber directly, forcing the rescue to unfold in stages.
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Increasing staff at medical facilities during heat waves could also prevent unnecessary deaths.
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Here are three groups of people—both present in your life and taking up space in your mind—who should be shut out.
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Against the Blue Jays, the Rangers shut out Toronto for at least the first four innings of each game.
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But Kubo hasn’t played since suffering a meniscus tear in Japan’s opener against the Netherlands, and yesterday he was ruled out for the Brazil clash.
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Rodríguez said 689 aftershocks have been recorded since the main quakes, though both their frequency and average magnitude appear to be declining — a cautiously positive sign, though not enough to rule out further dangerous seismic activity.
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Any change to the City Charter would not preclude the council from scheduling additional special meetings.
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But this divine similarity evidently did nothing to preclude slavery, patriarchy, and the many other social hierarchies depicted elsewhere in the Bible.
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In past years, Disneyland has halted the Anaheim resident deal before the official end of the promotion.
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In a March letter to the state, 11 board members called for the program to be halted, citing the risks of automatically renewing medicines that can have side effects or drug interactions.
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“Embargo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embargo. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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