He was often able to train the roll of stammers into settling upon the words immediately preceding the effective one; by which means the key-note of the jest or sarcasm, benefiting by the sudden liberation of his Embargoed voice, was delivered with the force of a pistol shot.
"Biographical Essays"
Thomas de Quincey
I've limited other commerce with the Soviet Union, and I've asked our allies and friends to join with us in restraining their own trade with the Soviets and not to replace our own Embargoed items.
"State of the Union Addresses of Jimmy Carter"
Jimmy Carter
But it is a shame to stop the entrance into a licensed tavern, with such a mob, as if it were an Embargoed port; and so I nave sent the woman after her valuables, and all the idlers, as you see, in her wake."
"The Red Rover"
James Fenimore Cooper