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blacklist

[blak-list] / ˈblΓ¦kˌlΙͺst /


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Sheinbaum vehemently denied any attempt to compile a blacklist.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

It warned investors that the blacklist "may subject us to increased scrutiny and potential further government actions".

From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026

The companies have denied any such allegations, while Alibaba this week sued the US government in a bid to get its name removed from the Pentagon blacklist.

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026

“You can imagine how companies are going to quickly blacklist, for lack of a better phrase, those sorts of consumers for trying to engage in that behavior,” Sudit said.

From MarketWatch ● May 19, 2026

"Who's been telling her we handle the social blacklist for the Roaring Rock district of Long Island?"

From Torchy As A Pa by Sewell Ford

The U.S. agreed to pause the implementation of a new rule, unveiled last month, that would add more Chinese firms to government blacklists.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025

In the 1950s, the rise of McCarthyism saw it used to accuse suspected communists of plotting against America, resulting in the Hollywood blacklists.

From Salon ● Jun. 30, 2025

One website, Canary Mission, blacklists those they accuse of being antisemitic.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2024

Of those, just under a third are now on U.S blacklists.

From Reuters ● Sep. 14, 2023

Even though Flint blacklists me all over the country, as he probably will, I can duck into some job or other, somewhere.

From The Air Trust by George Allan England




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