forbidden
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Between these bands are regions known as forbidden energy gaps, where electrons cannot ordinarily occupy stable states.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 14, 2026
Mr. Jones suggests that James sublimated doubts and forbidden desires into his stories and the routines of Cambridge and Eton.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
One employee of a nearby store, forbidden from speaking to the press by her employer, guessed she’d seen 30 people taken from the area around this shopping mall alone.
From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2026
He said his parents were deeply religious and so strict that even simple pleasures such as singing were forbidden.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
Then we were all singing together, the full voice of Holland singing her forbidden anthem.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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