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Which period of history is famous for the Hollywood blacklist?

blacklist

[blak-list] / ˈblækˌlɪst /


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Sheinbaum vehemently denied any attempt to compile a blacklist.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

Brussels said it was imposing sanctions on nine people and four entities, while London said it was adding 24 names to its blacklist.

From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026

While the blacklist does not freeze finances immediately, it triggers a brutal operational penalty on 30 June.

From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026

“You can imagine how companies are going to quickly blacklist, for lack of a better phrase, those sorts of consumers for trying to engage in that behavior,” Sudit said.

From MarketWatch ● May 19, 2026

The discussion was as profitless as that arising from the blacklist.

From The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) History of the European War from Official Sources by Francis J. (Francis Joseph) Reynolds

Being added to these blacklists is a career-killer for cops.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025

In the 1950s, the rise of McCarthyism saw it used to accuse suspected communists of plotting against America, resulting in the Hollywood blacklists.

From Salon ● Jun. 30, 2025

Last year, after Ozturk authored an op-ed critical of Israel, her profile appeared on Canary Mission, a website that blacklists people and groups it accuses of antisemitism.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 28, 2025

Of those, just under a third are now on U.S blacklists.

From Reuters ● Sep. 14, 2023

And when men like Hawk and Yankee Robinson and German set up a little ranch with a few head of cows for themselves your bunch blacklists them, refuses 'em work anywhere on the range.

From Laramie Holds the Range by Frank H. (Frank Hamilton) Spearman




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