banished

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Too quiet, many locals say, because off-road vehicles and beach camping have been temporarily banished from San Luis Obispo County’s Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area since April 14.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026

In January, the New Mexico Supreme Court banished the lawsuits, calling them “anachronistic” and “dehumanizing.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

I’m shocked that Season 2’s Kate Chastain is the only person who’s begged to be banished.

From Salon • Feb. 28, 2026

South Korea's disgraced former president Yoon Suk Yeol could be banished to death row on February 19 when he fronts court over his disastrous bid to impose martial law.

From Barron's • Feb. 16, 2026

Ancient sources talk about his perishing at sea for his impiety, or alternatively, say that the brotherhood banished him and constructed a tomb for him, expelling him from the world of human beings.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife