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prohibit

[proh-hib-it] / proʊˈhɪb ɪt /


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Under new rules announced last week, Airbnb will generally prohibit hosts from requiring guests to wash and put away dishes, strip beds or haul garbage off-site for reservations booked on or after November 20.

From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2026

Dozens of states are considering a variety of bills that would prohibit or regulate the use of personal data or real-time demand inputs, such as weather, to set higher prices.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

A proposed state Senate bill would prohibit them in supermarkets and pharmacies in New York, where a poll found that 64% of New Yorkers think the labels would push up the cost of groceries.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

The City Council unanimously approved a measure to prohibit the sale and distribution of nitrous oxide by cannabis and tobacco retailers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

Woodhull noted that the Constitution didn’t prohibit women from running for president, although they did not yet have the right to vote.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

The foreign emoluments clause prohibits all federal officials from accepting gifts of valuables, office, or title from any foreign country without express congressional consent.

From Slate ● Oct. 30, 2026

That was a departure from a 1707 ruling which prohibits non-peers from appearing on the floor of the chamber.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026

Another federal law prohibits voter intimidation, with up to a yearlong prison sentence for anybody who intimidates, threatens, or coerces somebody else with the purpose of interfering with another person’s right to vote.

From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2026

Italy abolished the death penalty and prohibits extradition to countries where a defendant may face the death penalty.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

The following year, Mexico forbids further American colonization of Texas and prohibits the importation of more slaves into the territory.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

The Justice Department maintains that its efforts are intended to prevent illegal voting, which is prohibited in federal elections.

From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2026

Google privately pushed back, court records show, arguing in an April email that the summons DHS used was designed for investigating imports of prohibited items.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

Police charged 24-year-old Nouman Essghir with entering or approaching a "prohibited place" for a purpose "prejudicial" to the interests of the United Kingdom.

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026

"The sale of stolen goods, or soliciting them, is strictly prohibited on Vinted, and we have zero tolerance for it," a spokesperson for the company said.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

The store owner positively prohibited the reading of magazines and a sign said No BUY NO READ.

From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier

New Jersey’s law, also passed this year, bars landlords from prohibiting balcony solar while requiring tenants to provide notice and adhere to “reasonable restrictions” on panel size and placement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

He told AFP he is prohibiting poll workers from placing election-related bets.

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026

The prosecutor must show that some kind of human intent arises in laws prohibiting fraud, money-laundering, market manipulation, price-fixing, tax crimes, bribery and certain environmental crimes, to give a few examples.

From Slate ● Oct. 25, 2026

Anthropic’s October Usage Policy Update included a section prohibiting “sustained and needless abusive or cruel behavior toward our models.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 24, 2026

In Utah, there were no laws prohibiting either activity, except among novice drivers.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel


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