barring

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Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control ends prohibitions barring Americans from doing business with her at the risk of facing civil or criminal penalties.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

The CTAs have sold so much there’s not much left to sell — they’re short $18.4 billion worth of U.S. equities — barring a major shock.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 27, 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

A gigantic dragon was tethered to the ground in front of them, barring access to four or five of the deepest vaults in the place.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling