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[ban] / bæn /




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Such a ban would include sale, importation and manufacturing on US soil.

From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026

The Times reports on the agreement by G7 countries to release 100 million barrels of "emergency stockpiles of fuel and avert a US export ban".

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

The physical market remains tight as traders continue to watch for a potential U.S. ban on diesel exports.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

EU trade chief Maros Sefcovic told reporters Thursday on the sidelines of the G20 trade ministers gathering in Milwaukee that any move by the US to ban diesel exports would be "unexpected for Europeans."

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

“The weather’s been so strange lately. And if a ban comes in...”

From "Tiger Boy" by Mitali Perkins

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

Particularly is this the case with the inscriptions of Sennacherib and Ashur bani apal.

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

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

He was of the Dārim, one of the most respected divisions of the bani Tamīm, and his mother was of the tribe of Ḍabba.

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

We have some school systems right now that have imposed A.I. bans or are keeping generative apps restricted to certain uses.

From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2026

Local governments had at least 111 active moratoriums or bans on battery-storage sites as of August, up from 76 in January, according to battery-storage development company Carina Energy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

"The FIA should be more strict and start handing out bans for this kind of stuff," Norris said.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

Pro-kratom groups like the American Kratom Association are pushing for bans against synthetics "posing as natural kratom".

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

The insidious effect of bans was that at a certain point one began to think that the oppressor was not without but within.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

D.C. law banned the security officers who protected the courthouses and agencies and embassies from carrying their weapons home from work.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

"We banned him from coming. I hope he isn't here, but he did leave the house," she told AFP.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

Multi-buy offers, including extra loyalty points, are also banned.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

The Charity Commission watchdog had banned Campbell in 2024 after identifying "multiple instances of misconduct" at her charity, Fashion for Relief.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

The best reason he thought up was this: if Mother Water Monster had banned humans from entering her domain, then Nathan should respect that.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young

Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a bill banning third-party brokers from listing and selling tee time reservations at publicly owned golf courses.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

About 59.9% of Brazilian adults support banning internet betting, a survey by Atlas and Bloomberg published this week has found.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

Security Council to consider narrow agreements banning the use of AI for certain tasks, including creating biological weapons.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

This means banning profiling-based recommender feeds that lead to children seeing harmful content, as well as on reward-type mechanisms, and unsolicited contact from strangers.

From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026

This was Selma’s first mass meeting in six months, since the court order banning marches and meetings.

From "Because They Marched" by Russell Freedman




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