barring
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Department of Transportation mandated that air traffic controllers rely on radar to manage aircraft flight paths, barring them from instructing pilots to avoid aircraft based on sight.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
Transit passage rights through straits remain applicable during armed conflicts and suspending commercial navigation through Hormuz "cannot be lawful" barring exceptional circumstances, he added.
From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026
That led to the Department of Defense designating Anthropic as a supply chain risk and barring the use of its tools at the Pentagon, following a six-month phase-out.
From Salon • Mar. 23, 2026
Lawmakers have already banned usage for children under age 16 in Australia, and France has passed a bill barring usage for those under age 15.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 18, 2026
Human nature is the same—people at the South are the same as those at the North, barring the difference in circumstances.
From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry
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