Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for embargoing
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The company sees earnings of 71 cents per share excluding some items for the first quarter.—
Christina Cheddar Berk,
CNBC,
18 Feb. 2026 -
The season of prayer lasts 40 days, excluding Sundays, and ends on Holy Thursday (April 2).—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
18 Feb. 2026
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Even worse, that money was supposed to go toward preventing and reversing drug overdoses amid an ongoing opioid epidemic.—
Blake Nelson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Feb. 2026
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Some lawmakers view Trump’s order skeptically at best, noting the administration has been removing guardrails, and preventing others from erecting them, to an extreme degree.—
Darius Tahir,
USA Today,
18 Feb. 2026
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Debris from hydraulic mining, using water cannons to blast away dirt in search of gold, built up in Northern California rivers, precluding larger steamboats from traveling on them, the California State Lands Commission report said.—
Don Sweeney,
Sacbee.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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The judge signed a temporary protection order requiring Davenport to stay away from the victim and precluding him from owning a firearm.—
Quinlan Bentley,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
23 Oct. 2025
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Too little oxygen, and phosphorus bonds with iron and is dragged into the core, depriving the surface of a key ingredient for DNA, cell membranes and energy transfer.—
Samantha Mathewson,
Space.com,
10 Feb. 2026
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These disputes have engulfed so many parts of our society, depriving us of the ability to find common ground.—
Mansoor Shams,
Baltimore Sun,
8 Feb. 2026
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“Embargoing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embargoing. Accessed 23 Feb. 2026.
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