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blacklist

[blak-list] / ˈblækˌlɪst /


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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

The companies have denied any such allegations, while Alibaba this week sued the US government in a bid to get its name removed from the Pentagon blacklist.

From BBC Jun. 25, 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 Brotherhood is a century-old Islamist group that renounced violence in the 1970s, though spinoffs such as Hamas remain active and on the U.S. blacklist.

From Salon May 19, 2026

Now seeing that we were on the blacklist, the crowd gathered round and jostled us fiercely.

From Latitude 19 degree A Romance of the West Indies in the Year of Our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Twenty by Crowninshield, Mrs. Schuyler

Neither do potential blacklists or liability rules reportedly aimed at Chinese models whose weights anyone can download.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 26, 2026

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

The buyer, a businessperson named Josef Liokumovich, passed the company’s background checks and was not on any financial blacklists.

From Seattle Times Dec. 17, 2023

Even though Flint blacklists me all over the country, as he probably will, I can duck into some job or other, somewhere.

From The Air Trust by England, George Allan




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