disallow

Example Sentences

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Senegal head coach Pape Thiaw, still incensed by Ndala's decision a few moments earlier to disallow a Senegal goal from Ismaila Sarr, ushered his team off the field.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

The existing players in cybersecurity provide businesses with complex firewalls: software that identifies customers’ internal users of data, and tools that allow or disallow access to information for parties external to the customer.

From Barron's • Feb. 17, 2026

Nineteen seconds is a long time to go back to disallow a goal in the Premier League.

From BBC • Feb. 1, 2026

Referee Chris Kavanagh watched the incident several times on the pitch-side monitor before announcing his decision to disallow the goal to the St James' Park crowd.

From BBC • Jan. 13, 2026

Or after Granny died and wasn’t there anymore to disallow it, why didn’t he take the stuff to his own house?

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns