outlawed

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One of the biggest crises the company faced was Prohibition, when liquor was outlawed and distilleries in America were forced to close.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

Greyhound racing is to be outlawed in Scotland with MSPs set to pass a ban.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

In the meantime, the council outlawed discrimination against polyamorous people and others in nontraditional family structures, such as multigenerational immigrant households.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

That covers hundreds of employees right now, and possibly thousands more in the coming month, given the plans that Vought was developing for another round of the purges that Congress had outlawed.

From Slate • Dec. 22, 2025

The song tells the story of an anonymous rebel living in the year 2112, a time when creativity and self-expression have been outlawed.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline