sanctioned
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Players covering their mouths: Any player covering their mouth in a confrontational situation with an opponent may be sanctioned with a red card.
From BBC • May 31, 2026
The SDA has been sanctioned by the United States, European Union and the United Kingdom for information warfare campaigns.
From Barron's • May 29, 2026
Old and rusting tankers like these form what maritime experts call the “shadow fleet,” a roving armada of hundreds of vessels that ferry oil for sanctioned regimes, including Iran and Russia.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
In addition to helping disguise the oil’s origin, the transfer often moves the crude from a sanctioned ship to an unsanctioned one, lowering risks for the Chinese port that receives it.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
Repairs, except what you could do for yourself, had to be sanctioned by remote committees which were liable to hold up even the mending of a window pane for two years.
From "1984" by George Orwell
Vocabulary lists containing sanctioned
The Witch of Blackbird Pond
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