ban
Example Sentences
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Ministers will also introduce a legal ban on smartphones in schools in England.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
It would ban the use of the technology in certain cases including some scenarios involving nuclear weapons.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
Fifty years after the Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty as constitutionally permissible after a brief ban, these figures are a reminder that executions still play a role in American life.
From Slate • Jun. 8, 2026
Tied up in court, the ban hadn’t yet gone into effect.
From Salon • Jun. 8, 2026
When the ban went into effect in 1920, reformers who had campaigned for it were pleased, but plenty of Americans refused to comply with the new rules.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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