blacklist
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Sheinbaum vehemently denied any attempt to compile a blacklist.
From Los Angeles Times β Aug. 21, 2026
On Thursday, his name appeared on Russia's online register of "terrorists and extremists" -- a blacklist maintained by Russia's Rosfinmonitoring financial watchdog.
From Barron's β Jul. 30, 2026
Abusive air passengers could be put on a national blacklist and prevented from flying with any airline under a new government proposal.
From BBC β Jun. 1, 2026
“You can imagine how companies are going to quickly blacklist, for lack of a better phrase, those sorts of consumers for trying to engage in that behavior,” Sudit said.
From MarketWatch β May 19, 2026
Those who were able to evade the bitter blacklist were compelled to surrender their union cards and to return to work under conditions that are a shame and a disgrace.
From The Great Steel Strike and its Lessons by William Z. Foster
The rules—or lack thereof—around these blacklists don’t serve justice but pervert it.
From The Wall Street Journal β Dec. 11, 2025
In the 1950s, the rise of McCarthyism saw it used to accuse suspected communists of plotting against America, resulting in the Hollywood blacklists.
From Salon β Jun. 30, 2025
One website, Canary Mission, blacklists those they accuse of being antisemitic.
From Los Angeles Times β May 2, 2024
The buyer, a businessperson named Josef Liokumovich, passed the company’s background checks and was not on any financial blacklists.
From Seattle Times β Dec. 17, 2023
Even though Flint blacklists me all over the country, as he probably will, I can duck into some job or other, somewhere.
From The Air Trust by George Allan England
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