forbidden

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The contract terms are unusually strict, however: The licensees can sell to 120 low- and middle-income countries, but are strictly forbidden to provision 26 middle-income countries in Latin America, Eastern Europe and the Middle East.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 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

With viewers set to find out if the pair's simmering forbidden love can conquer all, Australian actress Yerin Ha, who plays Sophie, tells Newsbeat that representing her community is all she's "ever wanted".

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026

He hesitated only for a second; and then he sprinted, faster than he had ever run, up the forbidden hill.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell