outlaw
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Police were given powers allowing them to outlaw the use of masks to conceal identities during protests under a law passed last year.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
What the rule did do was essentially outlaw all road construction, all road reconstruction, and thus most ability to manage forests.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Several private schools in Ohio and Virginia permit paddling as discipline even though those states outlaw corporal punishment in public schools.
From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2026
While Indonesia has numerous laws that protect children and outlaw trafficking, the lack of consistent enforcement is still an issue, Kriswanto added.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
"Which way is out?" snapped the big outlaw.
From "The Whipping Boy" by Sid Fleischman
The Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 specifically outlaws knowingly taking steps to disguise or conceal that a donation has come from an impermissible source.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
The law also outlaws discrimination based on ethnicity and designates an important Kurdish holiday, Nowruz, as a national holiday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 18, 2026
"Our message is clear: There will be no place for outlaws or those who threaten the security of citizens," he said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2025
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 outlaws racial discrimination in voting.
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2025
Off they went, linked together, while the outlaws untangled themselves.
From "The Whipping Boy" by Sid Fleischman
Hydraulic mining was in effect outlawed in 1884 — by a court order, not legislation — but by then the environmental devastation it had unleashed in the Sacramento Valley was inescapable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
While I wait for my outlawed tires to be mounted, I’ll find a slot machine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
That led the EFL to introduce regulation 127, which outlawed any attempt to observe an opponent in the 72 hours before they played each other.
From BBC ● May 20, 2026
Vigilantes and unaffiliated heroes are outlawed, and a few superheroes that haven’t retired go to work for the government.
From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2019
“One person may be outlawed in Karhide, another in Orgoreyn,” said Estraven.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
He fell foul of the EFL's rule outlawing watching opponents train within 72 hours of a match.
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026
Legal experts say the latest ruling is different, functionally outlawing cash bail in most cases, and strictly capping the amount in others.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026
The next town over, Pittsfield, passed a bylaw outlawing baseball to protect the windows of its meetinghouse—all the way back in 1791.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2025
Fewer bottled waters or coffees now offer "carbon neutral" guarantees ahead of an EU directive outlawing them from 2026.
From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2025
The nineteenth-century prescriptivist Richard White had no luck banning standpoint and washtub, nor did his contemporary William Cullen Bryant succeed in outlawing commence, compete, lengthy, and leniency.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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