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"Jane doesn't want some other woman, if God forbid this happens to them, to be left on their own, thrown overboard like she was."

From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2026

But each time a home is lost, or, God forbid, a loved one, it wears down even the most hardened Malibu resident a little bit more.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

But none of the updates have attracted as much attention or scrutiny as its move to forbid users abusing its chatbots.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

That’s not your total return because it doesn’t include appreciation — or, heaven forbid, depreciation — of your home.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

Zoe opened her mouth to speak, but Artemis said, “No! Do not offer, Zoe! I forbid you.”

From "The Titan's Curse" by Rick Riordan

He outran his leash, unique to him and not like any other president’s, both in what it permits and what it forbids.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

It also broadly forbids these companies from misleading or deceiving customers and prohibits confidentiality agreements.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

It forbids the government from "abridging" the freedom of the press - language that courts have traditionally interpreted as preventing the government from discriminating against the media based on the content of their coverage.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

"There is a regulatory vacuum because Article 4 of the 1967 treaty only forbids weapons of mass destruction and nuclear weapons in orbit," said space law expert Laetitia Cesari.

From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026

It’s also our secret place, because Papi forbids us to go up there for obvious reasons: we might fall to our deaths.

From "Pride" by Ibi Zoboi

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

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

The first article gave a master power to pledge the tackle of a ship, if in want of provisions for the crew, but forbad the sale of the hull without the owner’s permission.

From The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 by Frederick Whymper

It was evidently the interest of England, that this superb collection should remain within three days journey of London; but the principle "suum cuique" forbad it.

From Four Years in France or, Narrative of an English Family's Residence there during that Period; Preceded by some Account of the Conversion of the Author to the Catholic Faith by Henry Digby Beste

The late Mr. Charles Dickens, in his will, forbad the wearing of hat-bands at his funeral.

From Stones of the Temple Lessons from the Fabric and Furniture of the Church by Walter Field

Offended and upset, some fans demanded an apology - but the band's record label, forbade the members from issuing a statement.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 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

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

That’s because the rule never forbade criticism of the SEC, but only a defendant’s attempt to deny the allegations or facts in a settlement that it “neither admitted nor denied.”

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 17, 2026

His grimness forbade any comment as he stalked across the yard behind the coffin.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns

When exposed to sufficiently strong light fields, electrons crossed the forbidden energy gap with a transition probability reaching 100 percent.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 14, 2026

Many focus on themes like forbidden love, family feuds and secret billionaires, and nearly every instalment ends on a dramatic cliffhanger.

From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026

Out of these materials Milton fashioned a new epic focused on the temptations of forbidden knowledge.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

It provides a sense of community and the thrill of holding forbidden knowledge.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026

Then we were all singing together, the full voice of Holland singing her forbidden anthem.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

Diehards might find fault with something or other, but, to quote the author, you’d have to possess a “most forbidding, disagreeable countenance” not to be charmed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

But “The Grapes of Wrath” and “East of Eden”—the latter of which Zoe Kazan has now adapted into a thoroughly absorbing series with an astonishing Florence Pugh—are forbidding tomes, for students and teachers alike.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

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

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

Seconds later, the wagon door swings open, and the forbidding walls of Blackcliff are before me, their oppressive weight driving the hallucination from my mind.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir