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Which period of history is famous for the Hollywood blacklist?

blacklist

[blak-list] / ˈblΓ¦kˌlΙͺst /


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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

I remember thinking her diatribe about the injustice of Hester Prynne’s shunning would segue into the cruelties Charles faced with the goal of inspiring someone to defy the blacklist.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026

Those who were able to evade the bitter blacklist were compelled to surrender their union cards and to return to work under conditions that are a shame and a disgrace.

From The Great Steel Strike and its Lessons by William Z. Foster

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

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

From Reuters ● Sep. 14, 2023

Many of the States, usually Western States—apt to be more forgetful of the common law than the older Commonwealths—have been at pains to pass statutes against blacklists.

From Popular Law-making by Frederic Jesup Stimson


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