forbidding

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A government notice said junta chief Min Aung Hlaing ordered releases of more than 7,300 prisoners convicted under legislation forbidding "financing of terrorism" and harbouring or arranging transport for "any terrorist group".

From Barron's • Mar. 2, 2026

And at least one time, the government deported a noncitizen in direct contravention of a court order forbidding that deportation.

From Slate • Feb. 19, 2026

The sale comes after the French government took a step to distance itself from U.S. tech companies: forbidding government agencies from using U.S. videoconferencing services such as Zoom or Microsoft’s Teams.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 1, 2026

Now the loner who rarely leaves his house is a bearded traveler making his way across a forbidding Tolkien-on-acid landscape.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026

The woods were deathly still, more forbidding than I had ever seen them—green and black and stagnant, dark with the smells of mud and rot.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt