banned

Example Sentences

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The company said it had no plans to sell the new Chinese EVs in Europe, where it has a lot of factories, or the U.S., where they are essentially banned.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

At the moment sharing of passenger details is not allowed under GDPR, so a disruptive passenger, if banned from one flight, could book with another.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

A concert by the US rapper Kanye West, who was supposed to perform on July 18 in Reggio Emilia in northern Italy, has been banned on public safety grounds, the authorities said.

From Barron's • May 31, 2026

Under Tennessee law, “Roots” and other banned books can still be taught, but they are not part of the circulating collection at public school libraries.

From Salon • May 31, 2026

On the night of May 10, 1933, in many German cities, university students and Storm Troopers carried flaming torches and marched behind trucks and oxcarts filled with banned books.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti