How to Use embargo in a Sentence

embargo

1 of 2 noun

• And there is no embargo at all from the rest of the world.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 2 Aug. 2021
• Now that all the embargoes have lifted, here’s a guide to all of them.
  — Fortune, 6 July 2018
• The U.S. has had a trade embargo against Cuba for 56 years.
  — Leada Gore, AL.com, 15 June 2017
• The United States has a decades-old trade embargo on the island.
  — Author: Sarah Marsh, Nelson Acosta, Anchorage Daily News, 19 May 2018
• The cost of oil worldwide continues to be over $100 due to the embargo.
  — Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 25 May 2022
• Then the embargo lifted and some of the reviews were pretty nasty.
  — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 16 June 2023
• The northern segment of the pipeline serves Poland and Germany — who have agreed to the embargo.
  — Diksha Madhok, CNN, 31 May 2022
• In order for that to happen, Congress would need to vote to lift the embargo.
  — Alyson Sheppard, Esquire, 12 Jan. 2017
• Restrictions, the embargo will not bring down the regime.
  — Washington Post, 16 June 2017
• Is there some weird first-round embargo on Kris Bryant?
  — Michael Beller, SI.com, 14 Feb. 2018
• Libya lifts its 14-month-old oil embargo against the United States.
  — Cnn Editorial Research, CNN, 11 Apr. 2021
• The one at risk of being crippled by an embargo is now ZTE.
  — The Economist, 19 Apr. 2018
• Or lift the trade embargo and end all U.S. sanctions to see what happens.
  — Star Tribune, 18 July 2021
• Put a price cap on Russian oil while the EU hammers out an embargo.
  — Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2022
• For one, that embargo is acknowledged to have backfired in the long run.
  — Spencer Jakab, WSJ, 15 Oct. 2018
• There's sticks, there's stones, and then there's breaking an embargo.
  — Rebecca Farley, refinery29.com, 30 May 2018
• The early 1970s saw the oil embargo, which caused oil prices to increase sharply and add to inflation.
  — Q.ai - Powering A Personal Wealth Movement, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2023
• The measures loosen a 55-year-old trade embargo on Cuba.
  — Michael Weissenstein, The Mercury News, 5 Jan. 2017
• Many of these sanctions have since been lifted, but the arms embargo remains in place.
  — Annabelle Timsit, Quartz, 22 Mar. 2021
• Now, the West’s embargo will make catching up that much harder.
  — Laurent Belsie, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Jan. 2023
• The cap is meant to work in tandem with a European Union embargo of Russian crude, set to start Dec. 5.
  — Bob Henderson, WSJ, 30 Nov. 2022
• Some of the places shown in the show are still under embargo, so check back next week to see more Charlotte restaurants and bars that were featured.
  — Chyna Blackmon, Charlotte Observer, 21 Feb. 2024
• Four years passed, and then, in October 2022, the embargo expired.
  — David Quammen, New York Times, 25 July 2023
• The salary was very bad due to the international embargo on Iraq.
  — Pat McDonogh, The Courier-Journal, 29 June 2017
• Prince is not the only one to have been accused of violating the decade-old arms embargo on Libya.
  — Declan Walsh, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Feb. 2021
• Trump and his team have called for China to impose an oil embargo on North Korea.
  — Alexander Smith, NBC News, 23 Dec. 2017
• American cars didn’t get small again until the first oil embargo hit in 1973.
  — Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press, 22 June 2019
• That’s why some experts don’t believe a full embargo will work.
  — Alex Ward, Vox, 24 Aug. 2018
• Russia’s coal is under embargo, and pressure is building to extend the ban to oil and gas.
  — WSJ, 22 Apr. 2022
• The travel restrictions and U.S. embargo – which will remain in effect until it is lifted by Congress – means travel to Cuba is not planned on a whim.
  — Moriah Balingit, Sacramento Bee, 25 Jan. 2024

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embargo

2 of 2 verb

• The remarks will be embargoed until the end of the call.
  — Richard Bravo, Bloomberg.com, 31 May 2018
• At the same time, Hungary is blocking an E.U. plan to embargo imports of Russian oil.
  — New York Times, 24 May 2022
• Formal reviews for The Last Jedi have been embargoed before the Dec.15 opening.
  — Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2017
• Amazon has embargoed significant parts of the show, starting with the premise itself.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 15 Mar. 2023
• Film studios agree and will embargo early reviews to keep plots secret.
  — Bonnie Kristian, The Week, 6 Oct. 2021
• This week, European Union leaders agreed to embargo most Russian oil imports to members of the trading bloc by year-end.
  — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 1 June 2022
• With resurgent post-Covid demand and US plans to embargo Russian crude imports, global prices will likely continue to climb.
  — Ariel Cohen, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2022
• Officials embargoed all oysters remaining at The Fruit Stand & Seafood and encourage everyone who bought oysters from the shop to throw them away.
  — Mirna Alsharif, NBC News, 12 June 2023
• Zelensky said more nations should embargo Russian oil and block its banks, and foreign companies should pull out of Russia.
  — Harold Maass, The Week, 24 May 2022
• The report, and Kasich's remarks, were embargoed until the report's release Tuesday morning.
  — Monroe Trombly, Cincinnati.com, 16 Jan. 2018
• The ruling allows authorities to embargo any properties or money owned by the church, including bonds, cars and artwork.
  — Fox News, 27 Mar. 2018
• With the European Union deciding last week to embargo most Russian gas, that means the price of gasoline likely will rise even more, further increasing inflationary pressures.
  — Daniel Markind, Forbes, 7 June 2022
• Reporters regularly agree to embargo logistical details of trips to war zones, but are not typically asked to sign a document binding them to do so.
  — Maggie Haberman, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2018
• Norway is also feeding greater quantities of oil to its neighbors, replacing embargoed Russian oil.
  — Stanley Reed, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2023
• Early reactions to the film are coming in from Monday's Hollywood premiere, and although official reviews are embargoed until Wednesday, these are the first public reactions.
  — Thr Staff, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Dec. 2019
• Macmillan believes that e-book lending depresses sales and is experimenting with embargoing some titles from being distributed through libraries for four months.
  — John Warner, chicagotribune.com, 12 Aug. 2019
• The couple's exact itinerary is embargoed every day due to security risks, which include tensions between Pakistan and India being extremely strained over Kashmir.
  — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 14 Oct. 2019
• The government has resisted pressure to preemptively embargo Russian energy supplies, as the United States has done, saying that an immediate end to imports would wreak havoc on the German economy.
  — Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2022
• The remarks will be embargoed until the end of the call.
  — Richard Bravo, Bloomberg.com, 31 May 2018
• At the same time, Hungary is blocking an E.U. plan to embargo imports of Russian oil.
  — New York Times, 24 May 2022
• Formal reviews for The Last Jedi have been embargoed before the Dec.15 opening.
  — Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2017
• Amazon has embargoed significant parts of the show, starting with the premise itself.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 15 Mar. 2023
• Film studios agree and will embargo early reviews to keep plots secret.
  — Bonnie Kristian, The Week, 6 Oct. 2021
• This week, European Union leaders agreed to embargo most Russian oil imports to members of the trading bloc by year-end.
  — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 1 June 2022
• With resurgent post-Covid demand and US plans to embargo Russian crude imports, global prices will likely continue to climb.
  — Ariel Cohen, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2022
• Officials embargoed all oysters remaining at The Fruit Stand & Seafood and encourage everyone who bought oysters from the shop to throw them away.
  — Mirna Alsharif, NBC News, 12 June 2023
• Zelensky said more nations should embargo Russian oil and block its banks, and foreign companies should pull out of Russia.
  — Harold Maass, The Week, 24 May 2022
• The report, and Kasich's remarks, were embargoed until the report's release Tuesday morning.
  — Monroe Trombly, Cincinnati.com, 16 Jan. 2018
• The ruling allows authorities to embargo any properties or money owned by the church, including bonds, cars and artwork.
  — Fox News, 27 Mar. 2018
• With the European Union deciding last week to embargo most Russian gas, that means the price of gasoline likely will rise even more, further increasing inflationary pressures.
  — Daniel Markind, Forbes, 7 June 2022

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024