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[blak-list] / ˈblækˌlɪst /


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Brussels said it was imposing sanctions on nine people and four entities, while London said it was adding 24 names to its blacklist.

From Barron's Jul. 13, 2026

The Brotherhood is a century-old Islamist group that renounced violence in the 1970s, though spinoffs such as Hamas remain active and on the U.S. blacklist.

From Salon May 19, 2026

In February, the Pentagon added Chinese technology heavyweights including Alibaba to a blacklist of Chinese military contractors, and immediately retracted it.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 10, 2026

At the same time, frightened sailors who don't fulfil their contracts by abandoning ship will have difficulties finding future employment as shipping companies may blacklist them.

From BBC Mar. 12, 2026

Of course, the companies did not neglect to avail themselves of the heartless blacklist.

From The Great Steel Strike and its Lessons by Foster, William Z.

Both countries have tightened export controls, put companies on blacklists and restricted the exchange of professionals.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 28, 2026

In the 1950s, the rise of McCarthyism saw it used to accuse suspected communists of plotting against America, resulting in the Hollywood blacklists.

From Salon Jun. 30, 2025

Last year, after Ozturk authored an op-ed critical of Israel, her profile appeared on Canary Mission, a website that blacklists people and groups it accuses of antisemitism.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 28, 2025

Of those, just under a third are now on U.S blacklists.

From Reuters Sep. 14, 2023

And when men like Hawk and Yankee Robinson and German set up a little ranch with a few head of cows for themselves your bunch blacklists them, refuses 'em work anywhere on the range.

From Laramie Holds the Range by Spearman, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton)




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