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In 2001, Fairfax lawmakers enacted a ban on all herbicides, insecticides and rodenticides on public land.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026

Modgil says an outright ban is "probably too severe", but if these procedures are going to continue then the industry "massively needs regulation".

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026

The French government had promoted the ban as a way to better protect young people from the harmful effects associated with social media platforms, including anxiety, depression, sleep disorders and online harassment.

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

Back when Hal was still a novelty to the public, we see 10-year-old John disobeying his father’s TV ban to watch the hero’s first-ever interview on “60 Minutes.”

From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026

The article, which detailed Mayor Swaney’s ban on soccer in the town park, prompted an unexpected response.

From "Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference" by Warren St. John

By then—that would have been 1995—the Shorawi were defeated and long gone and Kabul belonged to Massoud, Rab- bani, and the Mujahedin.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini

In the true Bedouin spirit he devoted his talent largely to satire and attacked the bani Nahshal and the bani Fuqaim.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" by Various

For the period after the reign of Ashur bani apal, we have only the scantiest data.

From Assyrian Historiography by A. T. (Albert Ten Eyck) Olmstead

Our present copy is a tablet from the library of a later king, seemingly Ashur bani apal.

From Assyrian Historiography by A. T. (Albert Ten Eyck) Olmstead

The king sent the bani of Bosnia and Croatia to help them, but the Venetian senate bought the rescuers off!

From The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia by F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton) Jackson

More than 27 million people are facing water use restrictions, including hosepipe bans.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

A spokesperson for Kalshi, one of the leading trading platforms, said the platform bans insider trading and welcomes any policy measures doing the same.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

The Scottish government introduced guidance allowing head teachers to bring in their own phone bans in schools in 2024.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

There are no bans on shipping, however, she added, and it was up to the individual captains to decide how to adjust their cargoes to adapt to the lower waters.

From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026

My bans extended to meetings of all kinds, not just political ones.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

Kenyan civil servant Geoffrey Mosiria called for the series to be banned in Kenya, arguing that it conflates polygamy with cheating, fraud and abuse.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

For immigrants who entered the U.S. illegally, leaving the country or being deported triggers a penalty — many are banned from coming back into the U.S. for a decade.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

Users—brand-affiliated or otherwise—who break subreddits’ promotional rules often find their comments deleted at best and their accounts banned at worst.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

Halkidiki authorities had banned the public from entering the region's pine forests.

From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026

In 2002, there were about a hundred people with mental retardation facing execution when the Court banned the death penalty for people with intellectual disability.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

Simply banning players from going to the touchline would not stop coaches from using the goalkeeper tactical timeout to break up the momentum of the opposition.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

The Genius Act prevents stablecoin issuers from functioning like deposit-taking banks by banning them from paying interest or yield to token holders.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

His campaign was also briefly tripped up by court rulings banning his use of national symbols like Colombia's football jersey -- decisions that were later overturned.

From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026

I should note that Meta has attempted to push back against the “pervert glasses” reputation by banning nonconsensual content from its platforms and creators that violate its policy.

From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2026

During the Christmas adjournment in i960,1 learned that Mak- gatho was ill in the Transkei where he was at school and I violated my banning orders and went down to see him.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela