forbid
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New rules forbid chatbots designed for companionship from encouraging emotional reliance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
If, heaven forbid, something breaks or gets stolen, it will be your responsibility.
From MarketWatch ● May 28, 2026
The main reason drivers do not generally do this is that their contracts forbid it.
From BBC ● May 19, 2026
God forbid a lady feels ravenous during her three p.m. slump.
From Salon ● May 17, 2026
I must not pour it all out like some imbecile and make him think I ask for pity, Amon forbid it!
From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
He forbids email after 5:30 p.m., mandates 90-minute midday breaks and pays wages 20% higher than the industry average.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Washington has vehemently opposed Tehran's desire to charge tolls in the strait, which international law generally forbids.
From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026
But he cannot be deported due to a 1971 law that forbids the removal of a small group of Commonwealth citizens who arrived in the UK more than 50 years ago.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
In addition, they say, the regulations also allow for recycling technologies that pollute, such as chemical recycling, which the law as originally drafted forbids.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026
“Nothing in the prophecy forbids you to come,” said Luxa.
From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins
The Meyer decision, for example, overturned a Nebraska law which forbad teaching non-English languages in public and private schools.
From Slate ● Nov. 1, 2022
Although the diocesan conference next forbad the proclamation of the new Vatican dogma, the bishop threatened excommunicated Egli in Lucerne in 1871, and Geschwind in Starrkirch in 1872, who refused.
From Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 by Kurtz, J. H.
When, however, the imperial pleasure was finally taken, Taou Kwang forbad any further reference to the proposal, saying that he could not “change face.”
From A Vindication of England's Policy with Regard to the Opium Trade by Haines, Charles Reginald
His Majesty easily imagin'd that the Queen had been surpriz'd; and being justly angry with Bassompierre, forbad him the Court.
William at the same time forbad the English from going to Rome, and prohibited them acknowledging any other pope than him whom he should approve.
From The Power Of The Popes by Daunou, Pierre Claude Fran?ois
After the judge forbade them from using certain PowerPoint slides, Halem’s former attorneys decided against presenting an opening statement to jurors, scuttling any possibility of a favorable outcome, Weimortz said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
In an earlier era, George Steinbrenner, owner of the New York Yankees, forbade his players to wear their hair long or have beards.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
The reason for the separation between the businesses, Corley added, had to do with a defunct local law that forbade the two establishments existing under one umbrella.
From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2026
That’s because the rule never forbade criticism of the SEC, but only a defendant’s attempt to deny the allegations or facts in a settlement that it “neither admitted nor denied.”
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 17, 2026
Mary could remember the days after the assassination when her parents forbade her and her seven siblings from leaving the house because just outside their windows a war was unfolding.
From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore
He is also forbidden from trying to contact Mountbatten-Windsor directly or indirectly, or approach him, or enter Norfolk.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
The statement said Del Naja and Marshall would “be banned from re-entering Singapore” and are forbidden from performing there again.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
Eyes tear up when unrequited love leads to isolation or forbidden love leads to death.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026
Proponents say French sugar beet, apple and hazelnut farmers need the insecticides -- forbidden in France since 2018 and 2019, respectively -- to help them compete with their European counterparts.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
Electric typewriters were forbidden lest they be bugged by MI6.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
If your niece’s mother lives there rent-free, the trustee should be comfortable that doing so benefits your niece and there should be no rules forbidding it.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026
On Wednesday, China enacted rules forbidding chatbots designed for companionship from encouraging emotional reliance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
We argued that the government shouldn’t be allowed to punish American citizens while forbidding them from publicly disputing the accusations, aside from grave matters of national security.
From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026
In 1980, justices struck down a law virtually identical to Texas’, forbidding states from placing the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms.
From Slate ● Apr. 23, 2026
Suddenly, in the dark, it seemed dangerous and forbidding.
From "Son" by Lois Lowry
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