prohibit

Example Sentences

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Government ethics guidelines prohibit employees from using nonpublic information for financial benefit, said White House spokesman Davis Ingle.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

He then issued an injunction claiming to prohibit the hospital from seeking relief in the federal courts that oversee Rhode Island under threat of contempt.

From Slate • May 19, 2026

Banks want the bill to prohibit companies such as Coinbase from paying customers yields on so-called stablecoins, a kind of token whose value is pegged to the dollar.

From Barron's • May 12, 2026

Kefalogianni insisted Greece was not breaching EU rules, which currently allow EES checks to be suspended briefly when airports become very congested, but prohibit blanket exemptions for citizens of a particular country.

From BBC • May 10, 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