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Earlier at the High Court, an Orange Order challenge to a decision to ban the Drumcree parade was delayed after Northern Ireland's police chief Jon Boutcher was added to the case.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

Hundreds of lakes and navigable waterways already ban two-strokes, including most under National Park Service management.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

Officials in Newport, as well as, Coventry, Stafford and Wolverhampton, are exploring ways to strengthen existing powers to challenge those wearing balaclavas, while Nottingham has already introduced a ban.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

Reservoirs are currently just above 40% capacity, well below the average for the time of year - and interestingly lower than they were at this time last year when a hosepipe ban was in force.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

This composition ensured that the panel would lean toward opposing a test ban based on doubts about the feasibility of inspections.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

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

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

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

The king sent the bani of Bosnia and Croatia to help them, but the Venetian senate bought the rescuers off!

From The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia by F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton) Jackson

Canada is not expected to retaliate further, with Prime Minister Mark Carney saying earlier this month that the impact the import bans will have on Canada's economy is "modest".

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

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

In addition to these latest import bans, the US has imposed 50% tariffs on a range of Canadian goods, including dairy, alcohol, steel and aluminium products, as well as 25% tariffs on Canadian-built cars.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

Moratoriums, which are far more widespread than outright bans, typically pause development for more than a year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 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

Lady Chief Justice Dame Siobhan Keegan said the ruling was decided before the secretary of state banned the parade on Friday.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

Police have since been banned from using stun grenades at school protests.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

Polanski, who is himself Jewish, has been banned from Israel.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

They include his brother, who is temporarily banned from public office.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

In the South, the book was said to have been “founded on imaginary circumstances, and gross improbabilities” and frequently banned.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

Since banning them has thus far proven unpopular and ineffective, the question seems to be: Can fraternities be reformed?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Regulations on AI companion bots took effect in July, aiming to curb emotional dependency and banning the creation of digital clones of real people without their consent.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

Phoebe Bridgers is taking things one step further to make sure fans are surprised at her shows - she's banning phones altogether.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

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

The banning of cigarettes in restaurants and bars is a powerful social incentive.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt