ban
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Air regulations ban all blades with sharp points and typically blunt knives longer than six centimeters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Among the most deleterious has been the ban, since Sept. 15, on public performances at the center, ostensibly because of building-safety concerns.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
There is a publication ban in place protecting the identity of the complainant.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
France's minister delegate for international trade, Nicolas Forissier, told AFP in Milwaukee: "I can't imagine that there will be a ban."
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
After prominent American conjure-politician Sebastien Durand won his case in the Marvellian Courts of Justice, the ban was ruled unlawful and at odds with the Marvellian Constitution.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
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
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 F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton) Jackson
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 A. T. (Albert Ten Eyck) Olmstead
Highlighting the agreement not to pursue export bans, Macron said "President Trump, in particular, was very clear on this point".
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
Economists and businesses have also warned that the bans will add uncertainty to the future of Canada's trade relationship with the US, its largest trade partner.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
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
Local governments had at least 111 active moratoriums or bans on battery-storage sites as of August, up from 76 in January, according to battery-storage development company Carina Energy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
I heard from another prisoner that Winnie had recently been charged with violating her bans, which could lead to imprisonment or house arrest.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
While Alonso was cleared of any wrongdoing or knowledge of the plot, Renault team principal Flavio Briatore and chief technical officer Pat Symonds were banned from F1 for several years.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
The Charity Commission watchdog had banned Campbell in 2024 after identifying "multiple instances of misconduct" at her charity, Fashion for Relief.
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
China, once a major center for bitcoin trading and mining, banned fundraising through new digital tokens and ordered domestic crypto exchanges to close in 2017.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
Although DDT, which is short for dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, was banned more than 50 years ago in the wake of Rachel Carson’s “Silent Spring,” the chemical is so powerful that it can take generations to break down.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
He banned screenings of the racist film The Birth of a Nation and trumpeted black heroes like the boxer Jack Johnson.
From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield
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
The industry believes Bessent doesn’t fully support banning exports.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 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 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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