forbidden
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Telegram told the BBC it supports "peaceful free speech" and that calls to violence were "forbidden and are removed whenever discovered".
From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026
The contract terms are unusually strict, however: The licensees can sell to 120 low- and middle-income countries, but are strictly forbidden to provision 26 middle-income countries in Latin America, Eastern Europe and the Middle East.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
Reporters are forbidden by Hezbollah from freely accessing the group's stronghold in Beirut's southern suburbs, although the organisation does organise press trips.
From Barron's • Mar. 10, 2026
Horning said he grew up in a strict Seventh-day Adventist household in Northern California, forbidden from reading anything other than the Bible and approved nonfiction.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026
I disappeared on long walks through forbidden streets, free of Mami’s vigilance.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
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