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Which period of history is famous for the Hollywood blacklist?

blacklist

[blak-list] / ˈblΓ¦kˌlΙͺst /


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The Alfonso is included in a blacklist of vessels Iran claims have violated its rules in the Strait.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

Sheinbaum vehemently denied any attempt to compile a blacklist.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

On Thursday, his name appeared on Russia's online register of "terrorists and extremists" -- a blacklist maintained by Russia's Rosfinmonitoring financial watchdog.

From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026

The companies have denied any such allegations, while Alibaba this week sued the US government in a bid to get its name removed from the Pentagon blacklist.

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026

The blacklist was the last straw which provoked the retaliatory legislation.

From The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) History of the European War from Official Sources by Francis J. (Francis Joseph) Reynolds

Security-focused officials have weighed trade blacklists and security warnings for Chinese AI companies, but disagreement has prevented action.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 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

One website, Canary Mission, blacklists those they accuse of being antisemitic.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2024

The buyer, a businessperson named Josef Liokumovich, passed the company’s background checks and was not on any financial blacklists.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 17, 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 Frank H. (Frank Hamilton) Spearman


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