forbidden

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The platform will also be forbidden from restricting such third-party ticket sales in any way, whether by leveling extra fees or by adding any glitches to competitor transactions.

From Slate • Mar. 10, 2026

Reporters are forbidden by Hezbollah from freely accessing the group's stronghold in Beirut's southern suburbs, although the organisation does organise press trips.

From Barron's • Mar. 10, 2026

Throughout her life, “if she was forbidden to do or say something,” we read, “her first impulse was to do it anyway.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

She is often seen wearing her hair long, which is forbidden for her peers, and wearing designer clothes, which are out of reach for most in her country.

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026

Only one way to find out—unbind him—and that was forbidden.

From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich