prohibition
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This included what was, in effect, a prohibition on them becoming MPs.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
His decision, which blocks the Texas attorney general from enforcing the law, noted that the prohibition was “an unconstitutional restriction on speech.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
These tariffs were set at 12.5% for countries without any formal prohibition on forced labor imports, and 10% for all other countries with such a prohibition.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
But you don’t win a platform war on defense, and prohibition here is worse than useless.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
The prohibition of dream-telling, he thought, would not be a real problem.
From "The Giver" by Lois Lowry
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Mazariegos said homeless prevention starts with enforcing a “huge list” of the city’s tenant rights laws, including rent control and prohibitions against landlords harassing tenants.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
"The delegation will be under travel restrictions and will face prohibitions on the purchase of luxury and other goods per our policy. The delegation is smaller than last year."
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
They really are totally uncontroversial, and both clauses were seen as, like, these original anti-corruption, anti-grifting prohibitions, and were largely just observed.
From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2026
Last week, several rights groups released a joint statement to urge the government to repeal legislation that makes such prohibitions as last year's Pride ban possible.
From Barron's ● Jun. 27, 2026
As late as 1825, prohibitions of the exportation of a large number of machines and of parts of machines were still in force; but the Board of Trade might dispense with them.
From Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II by Wilhelm Roscher
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American History II
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