blacklist

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In February, the Pentagon added Chinese technology heavyweights including Alibaba to a blacklist of Chinese military contractors, and immediately retracted it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 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

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

Two years later, Mr. Novick lost his new job as a U.S. marshal after being put on a blacklist on the say-so of federal prosecutors.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025

Mr. Polk's reference to the blacklist recalls an episode which in itself illustrates the changed character of the relations that had now been established between the American and the British governments.

From The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume II by Hendrick, Burton Jesse