ban
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“Like the ban on whaling or the abolition of slavery, it’s time to consign trophy hunting to the dustbin of history,” said Eduardo Goncalves, a conservationist with the U.K.-based Wildlife and Conservation Foundation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2026
Lissu subsequently returned to exile before coming back to Tanzania in 2023, following President Samia's decision to lift a ban on opposition political rallies.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026
We are glad that you understood the criteria for the scope of the vessels ban so far.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
BBC Wales spoke to young people in Cardiff who said they supported the proposed ban, with one 17-year-old saying it was "really easy to start relying on them".
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026
The article, which detailed Mayor Swaney’s ban on soccer in the town park, prompted an unexpected response.
From "Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference" by Warren St. John
By then—that would have been 1995—the Shorawi were defeated and long gone and Kabul belonged to Massoud, Rab- bani, and the Mujahedin.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
For the period after the reign of Ashur bani apal, we have only the scantiest data.
From Assyrian Historiography by A. T. (Albert Ten Eyck) Olmstead
Particularly is this the case with the inscriptions of Sennacherib and Ashur bani apal.
From Assyrian Historiography by A. T. (Albert Ten Eyck) Olmstead
He was of the Dārim, one of the most respected divisions of the bani Tamīm, and his mother was of the tribe of Ḍabba.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" by Various
Our present copy is a tablet from the library of a later king, seemingly Ashur bani apal.
From Assyrian Historiography by A. T. (Albert Ten Eyck) Olmstead
He said he plans to bring his teenage son on his next hunting trip to Africa but complains about restrictions and proposed bans on trophy imports.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2026
If a school bans AI, he said, students "will not have access to search, and they'll see a message from their school that indicates it's not available."
From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026
It has resulted in bans for some of us from the White House.
From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2026
At Harvard, students are clamoring for a class that assigns a hefty book a week, requires regular essays and bans digital devices.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
My bans drove me from the center of the struggle to the sidelines, from a role that was primary to one that was peripheral.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
Ultimately, Boesky was banned for life from the securities industry and died in 2024 at age 87.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2026
Vinted and eBay could be included in the list of platforms set to banned for under-16s, the culture secretary has said.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026
The change is being justified by permitting the use of blood components, like plasma and red blood cells and platelets, in the huge numbers of medical procedures that were previously banned.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026
This action has been banned by the authorities, and on Saturday a large police presence prevented protesters from getting close.
From Barron's ● Nov. 7, 2026
One of the mothers had disgraced herself in the village pub and was now banned.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
Ammori tells the paper that Palestine Action's banning under anti-terror laws last year was "beyond our comprehension".
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026
Latinas were also more likely to support banning ICE from sensitive locations like schools and hospitals and to support requiring warrants for enforcement at home or in a workplace.
From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2026
She supports legislation banning members of Congress from trading stocks, wants to enact term limits and portrays herself as a pragmatist.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
Ernest Popescu had agreed to build a data center in Nashville, Tenn., this summer when local leaders passed a moratorium effectively banning new projects through December.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
And schools across the country were banning trench coats, backpacks, black clothing, white makeup, Goth music, computer gaming shirts and symbols.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
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