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The City Council unanimously approved a measure to prohibit the sale and distribution of nitrous oxide by cannabis and tobacco retailers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

Oslo intends to temporarily prohibit the use of glasses with AI features in areas where people could be photographed, filmed, or recorded without their knowledge.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Crucially, he said, the tort suit wouldn’t prohibit the companies from engaging in any conduct; it only requires the companies to pay for some of the damage that conduct causes.

From Slate ● Oct. 5, 2026

Green Gen's proposals have previously sparked protests and legal action, as well as a pledge from the Plaid Cymru-led Welsh government to prohibit the use of large-scale steel pylons.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

The only exception he would make is for people whose religious beliefs prohibit tissue donation.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot

That was a departure from a 1707 ruling which prohibits non-peers from appearing on the floor of the chamber.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026

Aubry noted she last spoke to her brother a day after the alleged September incident and that he did not seem upset, and that the current restraining order prohibits her from contacting her brother.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

Another federal law prohibits voter intimidation, with up to a yearlong prison sentence for anybody who intimidates, threatens, or coerces somebody else with the purpose of interfering with another person’s right to vote.

From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2026

The Boulder attorney replied, “the question here is not whether anything in the Constitution prohibits this lawsuit.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

I’m just hoping there’s an amendment somewhere in the Constitution that prohibits the FBI from stealing my collection of hardcover fantasy novels.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

Both men were initially arrested on suspicion of trespass on a prohibited site and criminal damage - after Cambridgeshire Police officers joined the search - and were taken to a local station.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

Preaching on commercial buses was first prohibited in Ghana in 2012, with offenders facing up to 30 days in prison.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

In November 2025, regulators issued violations to contractors there for using equipment during a pipeline pressure test that is prohibited within 1,000 feet of a school, of which there are three in the immediate vicinity.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

As the value of broadcast rights for college football and basketball skyrocketed into the billions of dollars, college-sports rules still prohibited athletes from capitalizing on their fame.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

“Well, that metaphor is prohibited on today’s flight,” she said.

From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green

Title IX refers to the 1972 civil rights law prohibiting sex-based discrimination, and it applies to any school that receives federal financial assistance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Former Heisman-winning QB Jayden Daniels issues cease-and-desist letter to LSU prohibiting the school from using his name, image and likeness.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026

The judge also imposed indefinite non-harassment orders prohibiting the pair from contacting their victim in any way.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

The local suppression of abolitionist mail persisted throughout the antebellum era during the administrations of Jackson’s eight successors, none of whom enforced the federal statute prohibiting detention of the mail.

From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026

In Utah, there were no laws prohibiting either activity, except among novice drivers.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel