noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a trade embargo (= an official order to stop trade with another country )
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Delegates urged the US government to lift its trade embargo against Vietnam.
lift a restriction/an embargo/sanctions etc
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The government plans to lift its ban on cigar imports.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
arab
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That compares with 10 percent in 1973, the year of the first Arab oil embargo .
economic
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In a world reluctant to use weapons or risk troops, economic embargoes are one of the few punitive alternatives.
international
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The deal violated international arms embargoes .
■ NOUN
oil
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Work is now proceeding within the United Nations to secure further action, most notably perhaps the oil embargo .
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The oil embargo of 1973 was followed by another in 1978.
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The United Kingdom opposed sending a peacekeeping force because it represented a long-term commitment but suggested an oil embargo .
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The younger ones remember Watergate, the oil embargo and a contracting economy.
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That compares with 10 percent in 1973, the year of the first Arab oil embargo .
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This era ended with the first oil embargo .
trade
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At the same time, international interests would like to ease the sanctions regime, particularly the trade embargo .
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Many officials in Hanoi had hoped the lifting of the trade embargo in February 1994 would lead to quicker economic gain.
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That cooperation was crucial for the Clinton administration to win congressional support to lift a wartime trade embargo and normalize diplomatic relations.
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There is no United Kingdom trade embargo .
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However, a general trade embargo would not be effective and would require international support, which is not in prospect at present.
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They are meant to plug the gaps in the trade embargo that has been in force for almost a year.
■ VERB
impose
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This was a great mistake, because in 1973 the Arabs did impose an embargo and made it stick.
lift
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That cooperation was crucial for the Clinton administration to win congressional support to lift a wartime trade embargo and normalize diplomatic relations.
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Moakley urged President Clinton to lift the embargo in a letter last April.
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The minister said prospects for lifting the embargo at present are better than any other time in the past.
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Kenneth Haley, an economist for Chevron, supported lifting the embargo on principle but said both sides have exaggerated the impact.
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Many officials in Hanoi had hoped the lifting of the trade embargo in February 1994 would lead to quicker economic gain.
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But has anyone thought how lifting that embargo would affect another outstanding industry in the Red River Valley: the sugar industry?
place
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Venice had placed an embargo on Bosphorus trade and was hesitant even over her Alexandria fleet.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
raise a siege/embargo
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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an embargo on British beef
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The government has imposed an arms embargo on countries involved in international terrorism.
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There was a relaxation of the American trade embargo .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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At the same time, international interests would like to ease the sanctions regime, particularly the trade embargo .
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It was past midnight and the embargo had gone.
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Kenneth Haley, an economist for Chevron, supported lifting the embargo on principle but said both sides have exaggerated the impact.