forbidden
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Telegram told the BBC it supports "peaceful free speech" and that calls to violence were "forbidden and are removed whenever discovered".
From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026
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 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
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
Electric typewriters were forbidden lest they be bugged by MI6.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
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