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Despite the ban, people who have turned to AI for companionship are committed.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
In that very funny tract, Rosten addressed young baby boom radicals: leftists who had lost faith in America because of the war in Vietnam and reactionaries who wanted to ban hippies from college campuses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
Circuit held an emergency hearing in a lawsuit filed by the news outlets, and at around midnight, Judge Kelly issued a temporary restraining order to stop the White House ban for 14 days.
From Slate ● Sep. 30, 2026
The government last month lifted a ban on trucks driving on Sundays and public holidays to help companies impacted by the problems.
From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026
Later, when the automobile ban was lifted, we’d take the car with us on the Gay Head or the Sankaty, the steamers which plied between the mainland and the island.
From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
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
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
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
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
We have some school systems right now that have imposed A.I. bans or are keeping generative apps restricted to certain uses.
From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2026
Foreign financial firms have long complained that regulatory barriers, licensing requirements and concerns over exit bans make it difficult to expand in China, even when market access is technically allowed.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
Moratoriums, which are far more widespread than outright bans, typically pause development for more than a year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
Traditionally, Japanese convenience stores have also required workers to adhere to relatively conservative dress codes, including bans on certain hair dyes and large earrings.
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
In each case, the high court had cited the Eighth Amendment to the US Constitution, which bans “cruel and unusual” punishment.
From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater
"Since 2021, Afghan women have been banned from playing sport, and girls remain barred from education beyond the age of 11," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
This week, Emirati officials banned local branches of Bank Melli Iran—the Islamic Republic’s biggest commercial lender—from conducting transactions involving Iran.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
On Thursday, the Emirates banned all flights by Iranian airlines, a move likely to disrupt commerce.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
Durigan said that new advertising contracts for betting companies were also immediately banned, while current contracts would be void after October 6.
From Barron's ● Sep. 25, 2026
"Until the coward who did this confesses, Room Nineteen is banned from the art contest."
From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville
Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a bill banning third-party brokers from listing and selling tee time reservations at publicly owned golf courses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva signed an executive order banning online sports betting and gaming with immediate effect.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
Security Council to consider narrow agreements banning the use of AI for certain tasks, including creating biological weapons.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
Read our article on why some US restaurants are banning tips.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
The United States responded by banning all commercial Soviet flights from US airspace.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
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