blacklist

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At the same time, frightened sailors who don't fulfil their contracts by abandoning ship will have difficulties finding future employment as shipping companies may blacklist them.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

The company is also dealing with the fallout of its dispute with the U.S. government, which decided to blacklist Anthropic on Friday and to designate the company a supply-chain risk from a national-security perspective.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 2, 2026

About 75 tankers are loitering in Venezuelan waters, and half are on Treasury’s blacklist for sanctions violators, according to TankerTrackers.com.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025

In the proclamation, the White House alleged high crime rates from some countries on the blacklist and problems with routine record-keeping for passports.

From Barron's • Dec. 16, 2025

I dare not buy their furs and sell them for my people, because the Company would blacklist the whole lot and it would be a great calamity in the end.

From The Courage of Marge O'Doone by Ralph, Lester