disable
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Anthropic was temporarily forced to disable access to its latest models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, last month after the U.S. government flagged them as a security threat.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 16, 2026
Talent agencies, union officials and others in Hollywood also criticized the new AI feature, putting pressure on Meta to disable it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
The government ordered Telegram to disable the editing function in India until June 30.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 2026
Regardless of whether it does end up being banned for under-16s, Roblox will still need to abide by requirements for all platforms to disable features that let strangers communicate with children, announced alongside the ban.
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026
“Miss Van Campen,” I said, “did you ever know a man who tried to disable himself by kicking himself in the scrotum?”
From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway
A "dark" vessel -- usually a tanker or cargo carrier -- deliberately disables or manipulates transponders in a bid to go undetected by public tracking systems like Kpler's MarineTraffic.
From Barron's ● Mar. 31, 2026
"Lack of support, lack of accessibility, that is what disables you."
From BBC ● Jan. 27, 2026
But if a student disables Opal to use a banned app, school officials are notified on an office dashboard.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 31, 2025
If the lane striping isn’t perfect, though, the lane-keeping assist sometimes disables itself, so I don’t rely on it completely.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 20, 2025
Hemophilia is caused by a single mutation that disables a protein in the clotting of blood.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Since the blockade picked back up earlier this week, the U.S. has redirected three vessels and disabled another that didn’t comply with orders, the command said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
Features the government considers addictive such as auto-play videos and infinite scrolling will also be disabled under the plans, aimed at improving teenagers' focus, sleep quality and family life.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
US Airways Flight 1549 came down in the Hudson River on 15 January 2009, after both its engines were disabled in a collision with a flock of geese shortly after take-off.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
I’m disabled and my dad set me up with a big firm in New York.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
By 1910, some twenty thousand sponge divers were permanently disabled by the bends, and another ten thousand were killed.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
On social media, people have complained about being filmed without their knowledge, with accounts surfacing of users disabling the white light that signals the glasses are recording.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
"Our current plan is, with the help of parliament, get the Digital Fairness Act amended to include the issue of prohibiting publishers from deliberately disabling customer purchases," they said.
From Barron's ● Jun. 16, 2026
Blessing later ran into a wall, disabling the vehicle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2026
In the separate incident last month, a Russian Su-35 fighter approached a Rivet Joint surveillance aircraft, getting close enough to trigger its emergency systems, disabling its autopilot.
From BBC ● May 24, 2026
“You’re not the first person in the world to have to deal with a disabling accident!”
From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson
