forbidden
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Neven said he is particularly interested in understanding the brain, including, “the forbidden fruit” of trying to make sense of what constitutes conscious experience.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
The entire performance depends on presenting basic historical literacy as forbidden knowledge.
From Salon • May 20, 2026
A tale about forbidden love and Taiwanese food has won the International Booker Prize, becoming the first novel translated from Mandarin Chinese to win the prestigious award.
From BBC • May 19, 2026
This would create a forbidden range where black holes formed directly from stars should not exist.
From Science Daily • May 8, 2026
I must watch this ghastly countenance—these blue, still lips forbidden to unclose—these eyes now shut, now opening, now wandering through the room, now fixing on me, and ever glazed with the dulness of horror.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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