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After Vigar's death, a petition calling for a ban on brick walls around football pitches has received more than 4,000 signatures.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
The country partially lifted a ban on fuel exports last month, executives said, but it has hardly made a difference to global supplies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
The curfew would supplement a social media ban on under-16s announced by Starmer in June, covering sites including Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube, Instagram and Facebook.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
Canada later approved a ban on the devices.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
When his father had brought home the news of the photography ban, his cheeks had flushed with anger.
From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai
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
In the true Bedouin spirit he devoted his talent largely to satire and attacked the bani Nahshal and the bani Fuqaim.
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 Olmstead, A. T. (Albert Ten Eyck)
The king sent the bani of Bosnia and Croatia to help them, but the Venetian senate bought the rescuers off!
From The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia by Jackson, F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton)
For the period after the reign of Ashur bani apal, we have only the scantiest data.
From Assyrian Historiography by Olmstead, A. T. (Albert Ten Eyck)
Roughly half a dozen states, including Illinois and New York, have tried to crack down by passing bans on reservation reselling.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
But an even bigger fight is at hand: whether these halts on buildouts will eventually lead to permanent bans, or whether elected officials are just kicking the clankers down the road.
From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026
Water companies in parts of England and Wales have imposed bans on using hose pipes for household tasks and watering plants.
From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026
Hosepipe bans in force as drought declared - is your area affected?
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
My bans extended to meetings of all kinds, not just political ones.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
The 5 Point Cafe in Seattle, which banned Google Glass in the past, has banned Meta glasses from its diner and dive bar.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
Russia, once a top exporter of fuel, has had about a third of its refining capacity knocked offline and has banned some fuel shipments until February.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Both men have been banned from posting on Kick for six months.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
"We don't necessarily want to have battery banks banned from every plane."
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
She was banned from tryouts for our school’s play, and she was sent to detention for two recesses.
From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day
His campaign was also briefly tripped up by court rulings banning his use of national symbols like Colombia's football jersey -- decisions that were later overturned.
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
I should note that Meta has attempted to push back against the “pervert glasses” reputation by banning nonconsensual content from its platforms and creators that violate its policy.
From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2026
In the interview, he spoke against banning foreign open-source models and advocated government policies that would accelerate development of the technology in the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
The growing popularity of e-bikes prompted a Los Angeles City Council panel in April to propose banning e-bikes from local trails.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
The government retaliated by banning all gatherings relating to my imprisonment, but this restriction was ignored by the liberation movement.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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