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Which period of history is famous for the Hollywood blacklist?

blacklist

[blak-list] / ˈblΓ¦kˌlΙͺst /


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Sheinbaum vehemently denied any attempt to compile a blacklist.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

On Thursday, his name appeared on Russia's online register of "terrorists and extremists" -- a blacklist maintained by Russia's Rosfinmonitoring financial watchdog.

From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026

Abusive air passengers could be put on a national blacklist and prevented from flying with any airline under a new government proposal.

From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026

“You can imagine how companies are going to quickly blacklist, for lack of a better phrase, those sorts of consumers for trying to engage in that behavior,” Sudit said.

From MarketWatch ● May 19, 2026

The respectable element of the old union had scored a great victory, and work was resumed with many undesirable employes on the blacklist.

From Ralph on the Engine The Young Fireman of the Limited Mail by Allen Chapman

Security-focused officials have weighed trade blacklists and security warnings for Chinese AI companies, but disagreement has prevented action.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

In the 1950s, the rise of McCarthyism saw it used to accuse suspected communists of plotting against America, resulting in the Hollywood blacklists.

From Salon ● Jun. 30, 2025

Last year, after Ozturk authored an op-ed critical of Israel, her profile appeared on Canary Mission, a website that blacklists people and groups it accuses of antisemitism.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 28, 2025

The buyer, a businessperson named Josef Liokumovich, passed the company’s background checks and was not on any financial blacklists.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 17, 2023

The blacklists, naming consumers who'd withheld dated gifts from the Potlatch Pyres of earlier years, were brought up to date and distributed to the Reserve BSG Officers in each township of Winfree's District.

From The Great Potlatch Riots by Allen Kim Lang




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