prohibition
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Every major American medical association to consider this issue has come out in opposition to “conversion therapy” for youth and endorsed its prohibition.
From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026
Rai may apply for the prohibition order to be set aside after 2 March 2028.
From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026
“It’s only the policies of prohibition… that make this beast churn, decade after decade, and it only gets bigger and more powerful.”
From Salon • Mar. 12, 2026
Gen. Rob Bonta filed a lawsuit against the city of El Cajon for multiple violations of the license plate sharing prohibition.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2026
"I voted against prohibition to please him, and because I like a little beer in the house, and then he talks that way. It's a wonder they ever find any one to marry them."
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
Vocabulary lists containing prohibition
American History II
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"Tinker v. Des Moines": Excerpts from Justice Fortas's Opinion
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The Great Depression and The New Deal
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