banned

Example Sentences

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Santa Monica’s council in 2001 famously voted down a planned Target store downtown, and in 2018 banned fast-food restaurants with more than 100 locations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 6, 2026

Since our reporting on Sawyer aired in February 2025, he has been banned from practicing following a legal injunction brought by Trafford Council.

From BBC • Jul. 5, 2026

Tents, cabanas and canopies have been banned along stretches of the Jersey Shore for the last two years.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 5, 2026

"After independence, once religion was no longer banned, people began giving their children Muslim names," she said.

From Barron's • Jul. 3, 2026

The mother who was banned from the Red Lion had come without her gas mask and no replacement was to be had.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan