blacklist

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The company is also dealing with the fallout of its dispute with the U.S. government, which decided to blacklist Anthropic on Friday and to designate the company a supply-chain risk from a national-security perspective.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 2, 2026

But it changed course on Wednesday, coming out strongly behind a push to blacklist the group, which was led by Italy.

From BBC • Jan. 29, 2026

Additional accusations included sharing classified documents, putting artists critical of her policies on a "blacklist", and dismissing officials who opposed her.

From Barron's • Jan. 16, 2026

About 75 tankers are loitering in Venezuelan waters, and half are on Treasury’s blacklist for sanctions violators, according to TankerTrackers.com.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025

Then there'd come a grand mix-up, a war or something, and a lot of princes had either lost their jobs or got on the blacklist.

From Shorty McCabe by Wilson, F. Vaux (Francis Vaux)