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

The Consorzio said that in the European Union, “it is absolutely forbidden to sell or advertise these counterfeit products.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

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

To Aeneas he sent this message, that he had a daughter forbidden by heaven to wed with any except a foreigner, and that he believed the Trojan chief was this man of destiny.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton