forbidden

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Note that tipping TSA agents isn’t allowed because federal workers are forbidden from accepting gratuities for performing official duties.

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Visitors can even pay to spend a few hours working in the writing room of Mark Twain’s Connecticut house, although sitting at his desk is—oddly—forbidden.

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There was just one problem, write Robert O’Connell and Laine Higgins: Johnston, a senior shooting guard for High Point University, is usually forbidden from attempting a shot anywhere near the rim.

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There was just one problem: Johnston, a senior shooting guard for High Point University, is usually forbidden from attempting a shot anywhere near the rim.

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Then we were all singing together, the full voice of Holland singing her forbidden anthem.

From Literature