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blacklist

[blak-list] / ˈblækˌlɪst /


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It warned investors that the blacklist "may subject us to increased scrutiny and potential further government actions".

From Barron's Jul. 30, 2026

The Brotherhood is a century-old Islamist group that renounced violence in the 1970s, though spinoffs such as Hamas remain active and on the U.S. blacklist.

From Salon May 19, 2026

In February, the Pentagon added Chinese technology heavyweights including Alibaba to a blacklist of Chinese military contractors, and immediately retracted it.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 10, 2026

At the same time, frightened sailors who don't fulfil their contracts by abandoning ship will have difficulties finding future employment as shipping companies may blacklist them.

From BBC Mar. 12, 2026

But three more girls went down on the blacklist, and the plebes' triumph was yet greater.

From On Guard Mark Mallory's Celebration by Upton Sinclair

But for real change to happen, Congress and dozens of states must act to end these unfair blacklists.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 11, 2025

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

Last year, after Ozturk authored an op-ed critical of Israel, her profile appeared on Canary Mission, a website that blacklists people and groups it accuses of antisemitism.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 28, 2025

Of those, just under a third are now on U.S blacklists.

From Reuters Sep. 14, 2023

Many of the States, usually Western States—apt to be more forgetful of the common law than the older Commonwealths—have been at pains to pass statutes against blacklists.

From Popular Law-making by Frederic Jesup Stimson




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