barring

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District Judge Randolph Moss in Washington issued an injunction barring the administration from implementing or enforcing the president’s May 2025 order.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

The CTAs have sold so much there’s not much left to sell — they’re short $18.4 billion worth of U.S. equities — barring a major shock.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 27, 2026

Department of Transportation mandated that air traffic controllers rely on radar to manage aircraft flight paths, barring them from instructing pilots to avoid aircraft based on sight.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

Transit passage rights through straits remain applicable during armed conflicts and suspending commercial navigation through Hormuz "cannot be lawful" barring exceptional circumstances, he added.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

Human nature is the same—people at the South are the same as those at the North, barring the difference in circumstances.

From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry