disallow
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"The referee has to take a breath. She's very quick to blow her whistle and disallow the goal straight away," added White.
From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026
The existing players in cybersecurity provide businesses with complex firewalls: software that identifies customers’ internal users of data, and tools that allow or disallow access to information for parties external to the customer.
From Barron's • Feb. 17, 2026
Frank was furious with Simons' red card -- which was upgraded from a booking after a VAR review -- and the failure to disallow Ekitike's goal for a push on Romero.
From Barron's • Dec. 20, 2025
The five-person panel voted three to two that the on-field decision to disallow the goal was incorrect but also found that VAR was correct not to intervene.
From BBC • Nov. 20, 2025
Or after Granny died and wasn’t there anymore to disallow it, why didn’t he take the stuff to his own house?
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
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