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[ban] / bæn /




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A ban has drawn support in Canada from several provincial leaders, teachers’ groups and the Canadian Medical Association.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Those were also the striker's first Italy goals since returning from a two-year ban following a match-fixing scandal earlier that year - something he always denied - but they would not be the last.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

Ekaterina Mizulina, the head of Russia's state-sponsored internet censorship watchdog, said in December she had received "63,000 emails" from disgruntled schoolchildren and parents commenting on the ban.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

Canada is proposing a social media ban for children and teenagers under the age of 16, mirroring a similar law passed in Australia late last year.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

In some years it was a total ban while in others it was just during Lent.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall




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