outlawed

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A month later, the Federal Communications Commission outlawed robocalls that use voices generated by AI.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

America outlawed slavery and Jim Crow, expanded the voting franchise, and banned forced sterilization.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

California became the first state to follow in the footsteps of the European Union, which outlawed the additives between 1990 and 2008.

From Salon • Apr. 11, 2026

But the Guardian's Mangan disagreed, saying audience participation "should have been outlawed generations ago. We are not a camera-ready nation and we never will be".

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

The first of Mig’s wishes was granted, in a roundabout way, when King Phillip outlawed soup.

From "The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread" by Kate DiCamillo