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Which period of history is famous for the Hollywood blacklist?

blacklist

[blak-list] / ˈblækˌlɪst /


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Sheinbaum vehemently denied any attempt to compile a blacklist.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

The companies have denied any such allegations, while Alibaba this week sued the US government in a bid to get its name removed from the Pentagon blacklist.

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026

I remember thinking her diatribe about the injustice of Hester Prynne’s shunning would segue into the cruelties Charles faced with the goal of inspiring someone to defy the blacklist.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026

“You can imagine how companies are going to quickly blacklist, for lack of a better phrase, those sorts of consumers for trying to engage in that behavior,” Sudit said.

From MarketWatch ● May 19, 2026

He raged about the office, and finally wrote the name of Philemon R. Ward in large letters on the office blacklist hanging above his desk.

From A Certain Rich Man by William Allen White

Security-focused officials have weighed trade blacklists and security warnings for Chinese AI companies, but disagreement has prevented action.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

In the 1950s, the rise of McCarthyism saw it used to accuse suspected communists of plotting against America, resulting in the Hollywood blacklists.

From Salon ● Jun. 30, 2025

One website, Canary Mission, blacklists those they accuse of being antisemitic.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2024

He said the Taliban’s foreign outreach is hampered by blacklists preventing officials from traveling, and by lacking common ground with the rest of the world.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 13, 2023

Even though Flint blacklists me all over the country, as he probably will, I can duck into some job or other, somewhere.

From The Air Trust by George Allan England




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