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The state’s powerful agricultural industry objected to the proposed ban.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
The European Union has in parallel been mulling a ban on social media access for young people in response to a push by several member states to emulate Australia's example on the matter.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
This policy would not ban shell companies outright, but it would make them expensive to maintain.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026
Homosexuality started being decriminalised in the UK in 1967, but a ban continued in the armed forces until 2000.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
In his view, “the ban on gruesome fairy tales, terrifying nursemaids and other standard sources of horror, has left most of the population” vulnerable to scary stories and situations.
From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow
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
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
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
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
California law already bans a practice known as capping, in which non-attorneys directly solicit or procure clients to sign up for lawsuits with a law firm.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
It requests for victim's rights to justice to be considered, and for risks to public safety to be reduced, through increased court powers to apply measures including driving bans.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Anger over the impact of Instagram and Facebook -- as well as rival apps like Snapchat and TikTok -- has driven the spread of age limits and school phone bans around the world.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
The distillers association reported similar numbers - saying provincial bans have caused exports of American spirits to drop by more than 70%.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
I knew such measures would come, but I had not expected to receive my bans in the remote town of Villiers.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in April banned the sale and import of inflaters marked with a part number from an obscure Chinese company identified in the crashes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Some renters are now demanding that this kind of billing practice — often handled by outside companies, which add on their own fees — be banned outright.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Rules intended to shield investors from compounded losses banned single-stock leveraged ETFs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
Music made by artificial intelligence will be banned from Australia's top charts under new guidelines aimed at protecting "the human nature of artistry", an industry body said Tuesday.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
In 2005, there were fewer than seventy-five juvenile offenders on death row when the Court banned the death penalty for kids.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
Cardner says banning her daughters entirely from social media would only result in them being left out by their peers.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
EBay is banning the sale of air bags and air-bag parts on its website, beginning next month, following multiple reports of fatalities involving components believed to be counterfeit and installed in used cars.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
The former chief constable of West Midlands Police is being investigated by the police watchdog for gross misconduct over the banning of Israeli Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from a match against Aston Villa.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Australia implemented world-first legislation banning children from social media in December, with the UK, France and others following suit.
From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026
Winnie, I later discovered, had recently received a second banning order and had been terminated from her job at the Child Welfare Office as a result.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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