forbidding

Example Sentences

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Forbidding armoured vehicles appeared on high alert, one of them flying the banner of the Islamic republic.

From Barron's • Mar. 7, 2026

Forbidding these investors from renting out homes might expand the supply of for-sale properties by a 1-2%, economist Joseph Gyourko estimated in a recent Brookings analysis.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

Forbidding someone the release that art affords can be crippling.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 25, 2016

Forbidding players to play through concussions reflects new N.F.L. protocols regarding head injuries, which in real life bring considerable short- and long-term health risks, and among teenagers occasionally death.

From New York Times • Apr. 2, 2011

Forbidding signs had gone up over the doors of shell houses.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown