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Which period of history is famous for the Hollywood blacklist?

blacklist

[blak-list] / ˈblΓ¦kˌlΙͺst /


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If Bessent follows up on his threat to blacklist Chinese firms, U.S. and other users might find their access to Chinese models blocked.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

Sheinbaum vehemently denied any attempt to compile a blacklist.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

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

Abusive air passengers could be put on a national blacklist and prevented from flying with any airline under a new government proposal.

From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026

He'll blacklist you in every yacht club from Bar Harbor to Miami.

From Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 by Holman Day

Neither do potential blacklists or liability rules reportedly aimed at Chinese models whose weights anyone can download.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 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

He said the Taliban’s foreign outreach is hampered by blacklists preventing officials from traveling, and by lacking common ground with the rest of the world.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 13, 2023

Many of the States, usually Western States—apt to be more forgetful of the common law than the older Commonwealths—have been at pains to pass statutes against blacklists.

From Popular Law-making by Frederic Jesup Stimson


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