prohibit

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Ingle also said that all federal employees are subject to government ethics guidelines that prohibit the use of insider information for financial gain.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

“Underlying all of this is the fact that U.S. sanctions, both from an executive-order perspective and also from a statutory perspective, would seemingly prohibit this type of arrangement.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

The Geneva Conventions governing the laws of war, agreed following World War II, prohibit destruction of "objects indispensable to the survival of the civilian population."

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

Hawaii’s House passed a bill this month amending the definition of gambling to prohibit prediction markets for events related to “catastrophe, contests, death, legislation, national security, people, politics and sports.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

While he thought the Constitution was crystal clear that Congress could not restrict or terminate the slave trade before 1808, it did not prohibit the members of the House from talking about the issue.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis