prohibiting

Example Sentences

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Her visits continued in the next few weeks, leading police to issue an emergency order prohibiting her from coming within 100m of the property.

From BBC • Jun. 23, 2026

South Africa's laws prohibiting hate speech and incitement to violence mostly predate modern social media platforms, said Kimal Harvey, an attorney at the Legal Resources Centre.

From Barron's • Jun. 19, 2026

“It covers only discounts offered ‘on equal terms’ to all members under publicly disclosed conditions, effectively prohibiting personalization within loyalty programs,” Chamber of Progress wrote in a letter of opposition to Colorado’s legislature.

From Salon • May 18, 2026

The measures range from beefing up record-keeping to prohibiting correspondent banking relationships.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

“I believe,” concluded Scott, “if Congress should at any time be of the opinion that a state of slavery was a quality inadmissible in America, they would not be barred...of prohibiting this baneful quality.”

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