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But it sets no quotas and doesn’t forbid the recruitment of “white and Asian men already trained in the field.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

While the Fed’s rules don’t flatly forbid closed-door meetings, they instruct officials to avoid sharing personal policy views with anyone who could profit financially unless those views are already public.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026

If, heaven forbid, something breaks or gets stolen, it will be your responsibility.

From MarketWatch ● May 28, 2026

The main reason drivers do not generally do this is that their contracts forbid it.

From BBC ● May 19, 2026

“I forbid you to leave this room that wav,” he informed her.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

The department has long had a policy that forbids retaliation against officers who report misconduct.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026

One 1937 policy, known as St. Paul’s Heights, forbids any building from obstructing views of the cathedral’s dome from vantage points up to 10 miles away.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

Washington has vehemently opposed Tehran's desire to charge tolls in the strait, which international law generally forbids.

From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026

But he cannot be deported due to a 1971 law that forbids the removal of a small group of Commonwealth citizens who arrived in the UK more than 50 years ago.

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026

Every time we go, the owner forbids us to return.

From "Betty Before X" by Ilyasah Shabazz and Renée Watson

The Meyer decision, for example, overturned a Nebraska law which forbad teaching non-English languages in public and private schools.

From Slate ● Nov. 1, 2022

In the seventeenth they forbad her all worldly songs; as to religious songs, she abstains from them much more easily.

From Priests, Women, and Families by Michelet, Jules

The people were commanded to purify themselves and wash their garments, and Moses forbad any one to approach the mountain.

From The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) by Duncker, Max

The first article gave a master power to pledge the tackle of a ship, if in want of provisions for the crew, but forbad the sale of the hull without the owner’s permission.

From The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 by Whymper, Frederick

Gregory XVI. in 1835 condemned his writings, and the new Archbishop of Cologne, Droste-Vischering, forbad students at Bonn attending the lectures of Hermesians.

From Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 by Kurtz, J. H.

After the judge forbade them from using certain PowerPoint slides, Halem’s former attorneys decided against presenting an opening statement to jurors, scuttling any possibility of a favorable outcome, Weimortz said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026

George Balanchine, the great modernist choreographer, forbade his male dancers to wear long hair or beards.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

The reason for the separation between the businesses, Corley added, had to do with a defunct local law that forbade the two establishments existing under one umbrella.

From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2026

That’s because the rule never forbade criticism of the SEC, but only a defendant’s attempt to deny the allegations or facts in a settlement that it “neither admitted nor denied.”

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 17, 2026

He forbade her to take a photograph of him.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

The band said police detained them after the show, and that an investigation led to the band being forbidden from performing in the country.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026

Eyes tear up when unrequited love leads to isolation or forbidden love leads to death.

From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026

He is also forbidden from trying to contact Mountbatten-Windsor directly or indirectly, or approach him or enter Norfolk.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

Proponents say French sugar beet, apple and hazelnut farmers need the insecticides -- forbidden in France since 2018 and 2019, respectively -- to help them compete with their European counterparts.

From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026

She followed his gesture and found herself looking at the forbidden tower.

From "The Bad Beginning" by Lemony Snicket

If your niece’s mother lives there rent-free, the trustee should be comfortable that doing so benefits your niece and there should be no rules forbidding it.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026

Beijing retaliated by forbidding Chinese companies from ordering Boeing jets -- or receiving those already ordered.

From Barron's ● May 15, 2026

They worked to exclude religious schools anyway by forbidding participants from discriminating based on religion, sexual orientation or gender identity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026

In 1980, justices struck down a law virtually identical to Texas’, forbidding states from placing the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms.

From Slate ● Apr. 23, 2026

“Lord forbidding is pious, but not to the purpose,” returned Mr. Jaggers.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens