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While most jurisdiction forbid medical help to die, assisted dying laws around the world vary.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

Laws forbid the IRS from targeting individuals and organizations for ideological reasons, and federal officials are not allowed to direct IRS investigations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

“Because God forbid they start watching ‘The View’ or something.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

Scarier yet, it’s possible that someone—or, heaven forbid, some A.I. detector—might mistake my text for ChatGPT’s.

From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026

I slunk to Mr. Gunthrie’s room, hoping I wouldn’t meet Cliff or Celia or, God forbid, Miles on my way.

From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia

International law generally forbids tolling in such waterways.

From Barron's ● Aug. 8, 2026

He forbids email after 5:30 p.m., mandates 90-minute midday breaks and pays wages 20% higher than the industry average.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

For that reason, the law forbids using the new funding simply to maintain existing levels.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026

Some of those strikes could violate international law, which forbids attacking civilian infrastructure.

From Slate ● Jul. 20, 2026

Of course, the wretched Secrets Act forbids me from inquiring about what I observed, so I’ll have to puzzle it out on my own.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

The Meyer decision, for example, overturned a Nebraska law which forbad teaching non-English languages in public and private schools.

From Slate ● Nov. 1, 2022

In another passage John is described as saying: "Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name, who followeth not us, and we forbad him."

From Supernatural Religion, Vol. I. (of III) An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation by Walter Richard Cassels

But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of Thee, and comest Thou to me?

From "Granny's Chapters" (on scriptural subjects) by Lady Mary Ross

Although the diocesan conference next forbad the proclamation of the new Vatican dogma, the bishop threatened excommunicated Egli in Lucerne in 1871, and Geschwind in Starrkirch in 1872, who refused.

From Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 by J. H. Kurtz

That part of the ceremony I forbad, and took particular care during the whole play to observe the conduct of the drama, and give no offence by my own behaviour.

From The Tatler, Volume 3 by Various

It was a time of deep-rooted mistrust in policing and a street code that forbade snitching to authorities.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

After the judge forbade them from using certain PowerPoint slides, Halem’s former attorneys decided against presenting an opening statement to jurors, scuttling any possibility of a favorable outcome, Weimortz said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026

George Balanchine, the great modernist choreographer, forbade his male dancers to wear long hair or beards.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

The reason for the separation between the businesses, Corley added, had to do with a defunct local law that forbade the two establishments existing under one umbrella.

From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2026

The gods presented her with a box into which each had put something harmful, and forbade her ever to open it.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

Give them something that’s OK to climb, rather than leaving them with something forbidden.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

But, for the 23-year-old, it is also a passage into a different, freer world - where she can find answers to forbidden questions.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

This wasn’t just because a third term is forbidden by the Constitution.

From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2026

A defense of yelling in restaurants: It’s a forbidden behavior in today’s restaurants—but Amanda Albee spoke to chefs who say it massively improved their careers.

From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2026

Federal courts were then forbidden to consider new evidence unless it was first presented to state courts.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

F1 drivers' contracts usually have clauses in them forbidding them from doing 'dangerous sports', such as skiing or scuba diving, although not every driver's contract is the same.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

Daniels isn’t pleased, informing LSU through his attorney that he “feels profoundly disrespected” and forbidding the school to use his name, image and likeness.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

If your niece’s mother lives there rent-free, the trustee should be comfortable that doing so benefits your niece and there should be no rules forbidding it.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026

For all his affability, there was also a more forbidding side to Wood as a businessman.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

Aisha glanced at Ifemelu, nodding ever so slightly, her face blank, almost forbidding in its expressionlessness.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie